Immigrant communities continue to face numerous attacks under the Trump administration. Many of these attacks are carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, ICE and CBP continue to separate loved ones, terrorize communities, and lock up immigrants in inhumane conditions which place them at higher risk for contracting the virus.

As a person of color in the United States, I have endured many things, including people who would question my right to be in certain places— suggesting that, as a Black woman, I got there unfairly and that I was somehow not deserving of basic rights white folks take for granted.