Contradictions

Am I a criminal for loving my family?

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Family Unity

It was the losses that I had to suffer to this immigration system that pushed me to ever begin to learn what it meant to see FRIENDS as FAMILY and appreciate that "family" is something that should NEVER be taken lightly or for granted. It happened to me with Students Working for Equal Rights, coming to the meetings in Miami every week and feeling that finally, there was a group that understood the pain that I was going through and that was committed to work with me to change it.

I'm so incredibly proud of them, and proud of having been part of this group that helped me to evolve as a person and better define the meaning of my existence.

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Wish I had the answers…

January 25, 2010 (1:12 a.m. EST)

From Ocala, Fl.

It doesn’t matter what I do, I can never forget the day that Jose found out he had a deportation order, only weeks after he had been accepted to go to college -thinking all along that the broken immigration system could have kept him from being able to make it even THAT FAR.

I remember how I sat next to him and held the phone to my ear as the immgration department operator told me the news and I was afraid to even face him. I don’t know how I did it… I don’t know how I was ever able to raise my face or utter any words to him without crying. I don’t know how I didn’t die in that instant simply from the powerlessness that overcame me from thinking that I may never find the right way to help him and keep him safe.

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