Towards end of the Obama admin I took my kids to protest his deportation policies. My (now) 11 y/o has asked me since why we went since Trump is much worse. I tell her we went b/c even if you like some things about a friend you still hold them accountable when they are wrong.
I know many friends, particularly immigration lawyers, are worried that if Biden wins the election, he will repeat many of Obama’s mistakes on immigration. I share this worry, but I am holding onto hope b/c I think that so much has changed. We are not the same country we were.
Elected officials who in 2004 I sat in mtgs where they said ‘asylum-seeking kids need to stop coming to the border b/c they are sabotaging chances for imm reform,’ now publicly commit to #EndMPP immediately, stop endless ICE cruelty, & lead with frame that #FamiliesBelongTogether
And those of us who have been fighting these 4 years to hold the line are not going to assume good intentions. We aren’t going to play nice & hope a new admin does the right thing. We are going to demand action. We will be relentless. We know change must come, lives depend on it.
I’ve had many convos the past year where I tell people who are losing hope: wait for the election. If Trump is out, you have a fighting chance to save your life & your children’s lives. So as I cast my ballot for #BidenHarris, I am not naive to the work ahead but I am hopeful.
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