🧵- I woke up to missed calls from my step mom. She wanted me to know that the ESMAD (riot squad) had surrounded her complex in response to protests in the park next door. But that she was ok. #ColombiaNeedsHelp #noalaReformaTributaria2021 #NosEstanMatando My uncle was a photojournalist during Operación Orion. During the 80’s and early 90’s my father and other members of my family where threatened and even disappeared for days by the militarized police. This is all too familiar for me and many of us who left Colombia.

#SCOTUS #DACADecision thread: Many of you know my story, but for those of you who don't, I came to this country at the age of 9 from Colombia and lived for 13 years as an undocumented youth. Like many DREAMers, my mother brought me to this country for a better life, far from the economic hardships and violent realities in our homeland.