No. Not everyone survived the first Trump term.
How are you showing up for the undocumented community?
Have you heard this lately?: “We survived one Trump term, we’ll survive another.”
Except, no.
Not everyone survived Trump’s first term and the mass detentions, the separations, the deportations, the deaths on the border, the deaths while held in custody, the forced sterilizations, the xenophobic attacks in workplaces, communities, and schools, the saw blade buoys, the on-and-off again status of DACA, the Muslim travel ban, the racist militias planning to shoot at immigrants, and on and on. Not everyone survived the first time and not everyone is the same as a result of the generational traumas.
And so, we’re not waiting to analyze who’s to blame or what could have gone differently during last week’s election. We know that the undocumented community cannot spare time and energy looking at the past. Rather, there are mounting, dire threats in the days ahead.
Trump has promised to carry out “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history” and his actions leading up and since being elected have been to make sure that happens.
We echo Jose Antonio Vargas’s question: “What are you going to do —what are you willing to risk—to protect your undocumented friends, classmates, coworkers, and neighbors?”
Here at La Cuenta, we’re planning to center the needs of our community in the coming months. We need to know how you want us to do that and how you will be involved. If you need ideas of how you can help, there are some great suggestions here:
Please complete the *very short* survey that pertains to you below (one for the undocumented community, the other for the undoc-allys that read La Cuenta).
If you are someone currently considered undocumented or part of a mixed-status family, please take a moment to let us know how La Cuenta’s community can support you here:
And if you are not currently labeled undocumented or part of a mixed-status family, please take a moment to help us understand how you can support our undocumented community here:
Propina
Alix Dick and Antero Garcia dropped a book trailer for The Cost of Being Undocumented late last week. If you missed it, take a look here:
Particularly given the election news, we see this book as more important than ever. We’ll be announcing a pre-order incentive soon, so go ahead and pre-order now and hold on to your receipt!
We’ll see you next week.