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Who Is Trying to Kill Immigration Reform?
As the House GOP released their principles this week, immigration reform advocates cheered. After all, the release of principles is evidence that the House GOP is thinking about appeasing to a growing demographic, and that perhaps the beloved comprehensive immigration bill Read More …
Open Letter to the Immigrant Rights Movement: Our Families Can’t Wait
I am cross-posting this letter, which was initiated by DRM Action Coalition, and signed by over 80 immigrant youth leaders. You can probably still sign on here in solidarity. Buzzfeed has the story. I disagree with the false binary setup Read More …
But We Are Criminals: Countering the Anti-Racial Justice Frame of Immigration Reform
He can be known as the Abraham Lincoln of undocumented immigrants. But thus far, President Obama’s record on immigration is depressing and dismal. The first black President has deported more brown people than any other President in U.S. history. For Read More …
Why I Support The Bring Them Home Campaign
Several immigrant youth, who have been leaders in the undocumented youth movement in the United States, have crossed the border into Mexico, and plan to turn themselves in alongside other undocumented youth who left or were deported from the United Read More …
How Pinkwashing Masks the Retrograde Effects of Immigration Reform
As the Senate gears up to introduce immigration reform bill, keep in mind what is not in the legislation. Justin Feldman and I co-wrote this piece after mutually observing the appropriation of queer undocumented youth and LGBT organizations for comprehensive Read More …