Wierd thing happens when I watch border/asylum stories on tv. Like every Sunday, I’m watching @LastWeekTonight but this week its focus is asylum & I keep having to pause it to catch my breath. I have seen all this in real life but somehow watching it on tv rocks me every time.
This happened to me with the scene in @OITNB where Blanca was leaving prison and was put on an ICE bus. I was sitting in my living room inconsolable watching her boyfriend stand there with flowers waiting for her, knowing she wouldn’t come.
In the show Vida there was a scene where a guy got picked up by ICE & I wasn’t expecting it and I cried so hard I almost threw up. But in real life I would’ve been the lawyer there, all business, explaining what to do and not crying. Cause no one wants their lawyer to be crying.
I don’t know what it all means. But I know the trauma I feel is nothing compared to those who have lived through this unjust, cruel system. I hope we are turning a corner. I hope people have seen enough cruelty to know that we can never go back to treating human beings like this.
As sad & hard as it was to to watch for me, please watch @LastWeekTonight this week b/c I am so glad they focus on the #MigrantPersecutionProtocols, 3rd Country Agreements & Title 42. And features a tweet from my dear friend and justice warrior @taylorklevy !!♥️ #SaveAsylum 
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