Adapted from the Facebook page of Movimento Cosecha:
18 DACAmented youth and allies are currently blocking the main access road to the capitol building in Austin, Texas in the first undocumented-led civil disobedience of the Trump Era. This bold action is sending a message to this country: we’re fighting for permanent protection for all of us.
We are standing undivided in the face of national policies meant to divide our community into who is deserving and undeserving of permanent protection. We’re refusing to allow anti-immigrant policies to go into effect without a fight.
We’re doing this for the 11 million. For the 11 million who sustain this workforce. For the 11 million who are the pillars of our communities. For the 11 million who are our parents, our friends, and our neighbors. For the 11 million who deserve permanent protection, dignity, and respect because this country depends on us.
Honor the sacrifice and the risk that undocumented people are taking today and watch as we fight for our people.
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Hasta La Huelga,
Thaís Marques