For a long time, my instinct has been to push hope as a shield against the world. But there comes a point where the gap between a hopeful sermon and a painful reality is just too wide.

People have been wondering why I’ve been wearing a keffiyeh more often. I do so in solidarity with a fellow Filipino American Muslim young man caught in the ICE raids.

Able-bodied vets with PTSD, persons with non-visible disabilities, can work in the fields, according to the Secretary of Agriculture.

This is how authoritarian regimes operate.

A mural showing Superman punching an ICE agent was vandalized—but only Superman got hit. The ICE agent in the painting was left untouched.

It has no inherent benefit to society.

They blame immigrants and LGBTQ for loss of individual and family wealth, and the failure of small businesses.

Due process is not about protecting people we like. It exists precisely to protect everyone—especially those on the margins—because the power of the government must have limits.

In 2022 alone, undocumented immigrants paid a staggering $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes.