We (the country) have forgotten our past and that at one time or another they were the "other". I'm in horror this is happening. It's wrong. We need serious reform in all things with immigration.
As a white English speaking immigrant with American children I know how protective my appearance is. I still carry around my legal documents and worry about the precariousness of my situation but know that I'm not going to be profiled or targeted just for existing. And crucially I don't worry about my children carrying around anything proving who they are.
I am super white and my last immigrant ancestor arrived in the USA in the 1820s, and I was definitely glowered at for speaking Spanish at the grocery store. This was right before the immigration crack down started. I remember being freaked out that anyone would express blatant hostility over language, and feeling distinctly not safe in that moment. Now that the political situation has escalated, I can’t imagine the stress that people with multilingual and multicultural backgrounds must be facing. No one should have to prep their child for how to deal with ICE on their own at school.
I can only imagine what it is like for immigrants to cross the Rio Grande in hopes of a better life in our country having risked life and limb to do so . I thank you for helping them with the proper papers to make their journey safer as they seek for a better life here than from where they originally came from.
Unless one is a Native American, we are all immigrants! Everyone seems to have forgotten that!!
We (the country) have forgotten our past and that at one time or another they were the "other". I'm in horror this is happening. It's wrong. We need serious reform in all things with immigration.
As a white English speaking immigrant with American children I know how protective my appearance is. I still carry around my legal documents and worry about the precariousness of my situation but know that I'm not going to be profiled or targeted just for existing. And crucially I don't worry about my children carrying around anything proving who they are.
I can 100% relate, despite being white, I am an immigrant and live in fear every day...
I am super white and my last immigrant ancestor arrived in the USA in the 1820s, and I was definitely glowered at for speaking Spanish at the grocery store. This was right before the immigration crack down started. I remember being freaked out that anyone would express blatant hostility over language, and feeling distinctly not safe in that moment. Now that the political situation has escalated, I can’t imagine the stress that people with multilingual and multicultural backgrounds must be facing. No one should have to prep their child for how to deal with ICE on their own at school.
I can only imagine what it is like for immigrants to cross the Rio Grande in hopes of a better life in our country having risked life and limb to do so . I thank you for helping them with the proper papers to make their journey safer as they seek for a better life here than from where they originally came from.