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Coming from a Mexican household, I know firsthand the resilience and hard work of Latino families. Yet far too often, our communities are misrepresented, or worse, erased from the mainstream narrative.
When federal immigration enforcement operations swept through Los Angeles this summer, the effects rippled far beyond the undocumented community.
Drawing from her own experience, Salas builds dignity, not dependency, in the immigrant rights movement.
As a Latina, I’m frightened by how my community is being treated in times when democracy seems to be fading. When hard-working people live under constant threat, it’s hard to believe those promises were ever meant for us.
