Resources for an Alien Country
Know-Your-Rights cards, educators information, advice from an immigration attorney
Alien |ˈālyən| -adjective: “unfamiliar and disturbing or distasteful”
Folks working with young people right now: how will you talk about the ways this country amplifies cruelty on its people?
When the Trump administration incites violence, bringing in thousands of soldiers that will only heighten harm, how will you talk with children about the alien nation we live in?
The willingness of this country to censure the voices of its citizens is a constantly repeating story. (One we need only look at the ongoing suppression of pro-Palestinian voices on school campuses in recent months.)
And so, when kids watch an army turn on its people, how are you explaining for whom a government is for?
Seven months ago, we received tremendous editorial pushback for this op-ed:
We were told this was blowing the incoming administration’s words out of proportion. And yet, here we are.
For folks in Los Angeles and across the country—in spaces being actively occupied by an unfriendly force known as the U.S. federal government—consider the resources below.
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We have know-your-rights stickers still available for folks. Get some here.
And consider saving this information on your phone as a wallpaper:
Here is a post with an abundance of classroom resources:
Here is our conversation with immigration attorney and expert, Bill Ong Hing:
Note: it is a fitting moment to be publishing a book exposing the usually invisible costs of undocumented life in the U.S. The image at the top of this post is from a set of stickers we are giving away for anyone supporting this book through a preorder. For a free set of your own sticker, enter your info here.
We’ll see you on Thursday.
Reading The Cost of Being Undocumented now
Sending the National Guard to LA is only "rare" the first time. Chump can't stop himself...this is only the beginning.