The ever-reliable GOP strategy: when backed into a corner by their own incompetence and cruelty, they triple down on racism and hope no one notices the bodies piling up at the border, in detention centers, or under their own boot.
Let’s talk about what’s really happening here. The new wave of immigration activists isn’t playing the old ga…
The ever-reliable GOP strategy: when backed into a corner by their own incompetence and cruelty, they triple down on racism and hope no one notices the bodies piling up at the border, in detention centers, or under their own boot.
Let’s talk about what’s really happening here. The new wave of immigration activists isn’t playing the old game of "please, sir, may I have a scrap of humanity?" They are not politely waiting for lawmakers to find their moral compass (spoiler: they won’t). They are meeting power where it lives, on social media, in direct action, and in viral movements that make even the most comfortable politicians sweat.
Flor Martinez Zaragoza and Carlos Eduardo Espina are not waiting for some backroom handshake deal that might help a sliver of people while leaving millions to rot. They are mobilizing, educating, and calling out the system for exactly what it is: corrupt, inhumane, and designed to treat immigrants as disposable labor instead of human beings with rights.
And, of course, as soon as this kind of activism gains traction, the usual suspects, Trump’s bootlickers, and the NRCC’s keyboard racists, lose what’s left of their minds and start screaming "illegal" at anyone who doesn’t fit their vision of a lily-white America. Representative Adriano Espaillat has been a U.S. citizen for four decades, but to them, he will never be "American enough." Because this isn’t about legality; it is about supremacy.
So what’s the move? We back the activists. We amplify their voices. We refuse to let right-wing mouthpieces control the narrative. Support grassroots immigrant justice organizations, share these stories, and show up when these fights happen in the streets if you can. Because these people aren’t just fighting for their communities. They are fighting for all of us.
The ever-reliable GOP strategy: when backed into a corner by their own incompetence and cruelty, they triple down on racism and hope no one notices the bodies piling up at the border, in detention centers, or under their own boot.
Let’s talk about what’s really happening here. The new wave of immigration activists isn’t playing the old game of "please, sir, may I have a scrap of humanity?" They are not politely waiting for lawmakers to find their moral compass (spoiler: they won’t). They are meeting power where it lives, on social media, in direct action, and in viral movements that make even the most comfortable politicians sweat.
Flor Martinez Zaragoza and Carlos Eduardo Espina are not waiting for some backroom handshake deal that might help a sliver of people while leaving millions to rot. They are mobilizing, educating, and calling out the system for exactly what it is: corrupt, inhumane, and designed to treat immigrants as disposable labor instead of human beings with rights.
And, of course, as soon as this kind of activism gains traction, the usual suspects, Trump’s bootlickers, and the NRCC’s keyboard racists, lose what’s left of their minds and start screaming "illegal" at anyone who doesn’t fit their vision of a lily-white America. Representative Adriano Espaillat has been a U.S. citizen for four decades, but to them, he will never be "American enough." Because this isn’t about legality; it is about supremacy.
So what’s the move? We back the activists. We amplify their voices. We refuse to let right-wing mouthpieces control the narrative. Support grassroots immigrant justice organizations, share these stories, and show up when these fights happen in the streets if you can. Because these people aren’t just fighting for their communities. They are fighting for all of us.
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