“We remain here today, and we will continue fighting to remain”
Posted Sun, 11/17/2024 - 11:10pm
The reelection of Donald Trump will have a grave impact on Migrant Justice’s community and will shape our work in the coming years. Over the past two weeks, we have held many conversations on farms and around kitchen tables about what this election means for our organization.
Migrant Justice spokesperson Rossy Alfaro recently participated in a roundtable of farmworker leaders from around the country, interviewed by online newsmagazine truthout. In her interview, Rossy channeled the message of our members:
The election will of course impact our community and our work. But at the same time, we’ve faced criminalization and discrimination before.… There were a lot of people in our community who were deported during the first Trump administration, but many of us weren’t. We remain here today, and we’re going to continue fighting to remain.