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jewishbarbies · 4 months ago

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recent events have me thinking back to a couple months ago when I got into it with my parents over immigration and said “if your family was in danger and you had no other option but to cross into another country illegally in search of help, you would.” that’s it. that’s all I said. both my parents were visibly pissed off and they floundered for an excuse before just replying “that’s not the same thing”, and I did clarify that they meant not the same as a mexican citizen coming into america for the same reason. they think it’s different because they’re white and american. I’ve watched both parents commit crimes in moments of necessity for the safety and health of their family members with my own eyes. it’s not different at all.

#g talks #memorizing how to say ICE is coming in Spanish to protect my neighbors #while my parents cheer that workers and families are being dragged out of the country #‘they’re going after criminals!’ they say #‘only criminals!’#yet ICE isn’t recognizing native membership IDs #they detained an innocent US veteran for HOURS #they’ve had other innocent US citizens detained for months #but sure #they’re just going after the criminals #like your friends and your neighbors and the people you’ve been in community with for 4 years #suddenly they’re criminals because they’re brown #and your first response is ‘who am I to question the law?’#we’re commanded to treat the stranger in our land as the native born #so much for walking in the way huh #mine #/mobile #/okay to reblog

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