Immigrants are our friends, neighbors, and family. Immigrants are us, me, you, we all came from somewhere, we all want to be loved, and we all want peace, love, and pursuit of happiness. Whether we say DACA, DACAmented, Dreamers, undocumented... whatever label stays, changes, or goes away, how I feel about immigrants won't change. As I think about tomorrow I have a few more things to say.
Tomorrow, I don't care what the law says.
I learned in my law class in grad school that there is the right way to do something, the wrong way, and the legal way. The law has no place in what I think is right or wrong, and I think our country is starting to realize that our policies, laws and structure is by and large... wrong. Legal, but wrong, it is laws built to protect those in power, built to hide power structures that keep people down.
Tomorrow, the law is going to be wrong (probably).
We are mostly expecting SCOTUS to end the program. I don't want to downplay what that means for those with DACA, I know it will be hard. I did one on one meetings when this all started with my DACAmented staff members to tell them I will do whatever I can to help. I do know what the SCOTUS decisions won't mean... it won't mean that my friends, neighbors, teammates, fraternity Brothers, essential workers, and so many others with DACA that they are any less than I, less than anyone, and I hope they all know that... and if you know one, tell 'em.
Tomorrow, the law is going to make a big mistake.
The decision tomorrow will not be the end of a battle. It will be the beginning of one. It will be an important milestone in the progress for immigrant rights. It won't define who immigrants are, it will lay the ground work for the fight that is before us. What they say tomorrow will be the next spark in a movement. As long as ICE operates, as long as there is profit in prisons, as long as people are fleeing violence, that usually the USA created.... we will have to fight.
Tomorrow, the law will make a move, and we will be there to counter it.
Whatever happens tomorrow, it won't be final. They uphold DACA, nice we have time, but we still need action. They end DACA, we have less time, and we need action. The action is the same. We need ALL, and I mean ALL, immigrants to be treated fairly.
Tomorrow, the law will speak, will you?
We can no longer sit back and say, "Someone needs to fix that"... the learned helplessness in this country has got to go. We have to fix it, we are the ones that have to fix it. We can't keep waiting for our elected officials to fix it, we can't wait for our kids to grow up to fix it, we can't continue to pass the buck... the law has been on the wrong side of history in this country for too long, what side will you be on?
Tomorrow, I won't pretend posting on Facebook is going to fix this for us. I won't act like this will be easy, and I won't act like it is someone else's fault. I am just as at fault for this as anyone, we are all to blame, and we all must work together to fix this... we must listen to those impacted, we must empower others, we must trust each other, we must value the contributions that everyone can make, we must know that nothing is perfect, but that nothing improves without work.
Tomorrow, SCOTUS will act, will you?
Tomorrow, I don't care what the law says.
Tomorrow, the law is going to be wrong (probably).
We are mostly expecting SCOTUS to end the program. I don't want to downplay what that means for those with DACA, I know it will be hard. I did one on one meetings when this all started with my DACAmented staff members to tell them I will do whatever I can to help. I do know what the SCOTUS decisions won't mean... it won't mean that my friends, neighbors, teammates, fraternity Brothers, essential workers, and so many others with DACA that they are any less than I, less than anyone, and I hope they all know that... and if you know one, tell 'em.
Tomorrow, the law is going to make a big mistake.
The decision tomorrow will not be the end of a battle. It will be the beginning of one. It will be an important milestone in the progress for immigrant rights. It won't define who immigrants are, it will lay the ground work for the fight that is before us. What they say tomorrow will be the next spark in a movement. As long as ICE operates, as long as there is profit in prisons, as long as people are fleeing violence, that usually the USA created.... we will have to fight.
Tomorrow, the law will make a move, and we will be there to counter it.
Whatever happens tomorrow, it won't be final. They uphold DACA, nice we have time, but we still need action. They end DACA, we have less time, and we need action. The action is the same. We need ALL, and I mean ALL, immigrants to be treated fairly.
Tomorrow, the law will speak, will you?
We can no longer sit back and say, "Someone needs to fix that"... the learned helplessness in this country has got to go. We have to fix it, we are the ones that have to fix it. We can't keep waiting for our elected officials to fix it, we can't wait for our kids to grow up to fix it, we can't continue to pass the buck... the law has been on the wrong side of history in this country for too long, what side will you be on?
Tomorrow, I won't pretend posting on Facebook is going to fix this for us. I won't act like this will be easy, and I won't act like it is someone else's fault. I am just as at fault for this as anyone, we are all to blame, and we all must work together to fix this... we must listen to those impacted, we must empower others, we must trust each other, we must value the contributions that everyone can make, we must know that nothing is perfect, but that nothing improves without work.
Tomorrow, SCOTUS will act, will you?