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4 Feb, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Remember this when I tell you why I was cautiously optimistic when Biden won the election. Both parties have let people like me, my family and my community down, but when it's Democrats, it hurts even more because of the damn promises they make. 8 of them voted for this. 8!
What hurts even more, is that both of our Arizona Senators voted for it. This includes my former boss and someone who I always looked up to so much when she was fighting anti-immigrant laws in Arizona. @kyrstensinema why would you do this?

@CaptMarkKelly is this who you will be?
Take the politics out of it. This hurts because I have seen my community struggle so much because of COVID-19. Last time I receive my check (because DACA folks do receive it) I gave it to my undocumented siblings. Why? Because this is so unfair. Undocumented people pay taxes!
Undocumented people pick your food. Cook your food. Undocumented people clean your houses and cut your lawns. Undocumented people cut the meat that you eat every day. Undocumented people are also dying!

So why? Why vote for this? Why side with the party of Trump?
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4 Feb
The #DreamAct has been introduced again. I lost count of how many times it has been introduced at this point. In 2010, we were so close to passing, and it failed in the Democratic lead Senate by 5 votes. McCain filibustered the bill. 5 Democrats voted no or didn't show up. Why...
... I'm I reminding us of this? Because it doesn't matter how many "path to citizenship" bills are introduced on immigration if Democrats don't have the will to do it. I have no faith in Republicans supporting anything that doesn't give them more xenophobic laws in return.
There is absolutely no reason why we should give Rs ANYTHING that has more "border security", more criminalization of immigrants and more money for ICE/CBP. Trump already did all of that for them, and it was an inhumane disaster.

So we need to call on Dems to keep their promise.
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26 Jan
Y'all really don't want kids in cages? Here's what you should demand then:

✔️End to hieleras (inhumane CBP processing centers)
✔️End to perreras (also "processing centers")
✔️End to family detention

Photos of what these things look like in thread.

Cc @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris
This is a hielera. It means ice chest. Spanish-speaking migrants call it this because of how freezing they are. Yes, kids and adults are detained in these places.
This is a "perrera" or dog kennel. Spanish-speaking migrants call it this because... well just look at them. People also report that these places are freezing. These are probably what you have seen on the news, but don't be fooled. It's not the only place kids are placed.
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15 Nov 20
This is exactly what breaks my heart and what I saw coming as soon as Biden won. I’m not posting the name of this person because I’m not here to shame anyone. But I thought it was important to share why it’s so important for everyone to understand the immigration struggle 🧵👇🏽.
The term “family separation” in the context of immigration became much more known to mainstream America under Trump because of the Zero Tolerance policy that was implemented under Trump at the border. However...
... the immigrant rights movement has been fighting against family separation for years. What this also means for us is the millions of families who were broken apart by the record number of deportations that happened under the Obama administration. My family was one of them.
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6 Nov 20
Trump won a COUNTY because of the “Latino” vote. A county! He won the CUBAN vote in that county 📢. Cubans in Miami have voted Republican for YEARS. That’s why @marcorubio is a Senator.

Please stop talking about the “Latino vote” on TV if you don’t know s*t about us.
Correction: he won the Latino vote in that county. I believe he has not won the actual county. But my point on Cubans voting for Trump stands. That’s what he’s bragging about. That DID NOT happen here in AZ. Image
Arizona Latinos (like most Latinos in the SW) came out big for Biden.
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26 Jun 20
#COVID19 has reached the Family Detention Centers. I repeat. COVID has spread to detention centers that imprison ENTIRE families.

You might be thinking, "wait, there's family detention centers?" Yes. They are owned by private prison companies. Average age of kids? 4 year olds.
#DontLookAway! Also, please do everything in your power to help us #AbolishICE once and for all. buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfo…
One more thing. If you are angry as I am and want to do something. Feel free to take the anger out at Child Separator @DHS_Wolf. He for sure checks his tweets.
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9 May 20
This quote: When I worked with the farmworkers in California I learned the difference between charity and justice.

"Charity asks, 'what's wrong, how can I help?'

Justice asks, 'why is it happening and how can I change it?'

And that's when people get uncomfortable. Because...
... it is often the case that these people over here have less, because these people over here have more.

And when we try to change that, there's resistance & there's conflict and struggle." -Marshall Ganz

This speaks so much to how I feel when well intentioned allies...
... to the undocumented experience want to help, but when undocumented people start organizing and speaking their truth, someone always starts feeling uncomfortable.

Not a general statement about allies to this struggle, just an observation to some experiences I've had.
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