Great interview by Eddie Carmona, national director of PICOs Campaign for Citizenship, who has also been putting in serious work with the #livefree #MyPeopleVote #Yeson47 campaign in southern California. Since the beginning of my work in 2005, I have experienced moments of disappointment and disillusionment with both parties on immigration. But what keeps me going is knowing that every day 1,100 people will be deported across this country. In many cases these are people that sit in our congregations on the weekends. These are families that are being torn apart by a system that was created to oppress communities of color. What keeps me going is knowing that we are at a point in history in this country where communities of color are being treated as “throw aways. From the death of Michael Brown to the inhumane treatment and deportation of Josue Sandoval in Missouri, these are prime examples of what happens to communities of color living under a broken enforcement system. These real stories, these families, these communities are what keep me going.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 01:05:10 +0000
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