Say Goodbye to 65 Million Latin People

As a Puerto Rican woman, the GOP passing the most heinous bill to date scares the shit out of me. There are numerous issues with this bill, but for the purpose of this post, I will focus on the massive budget increase that ICE will receive as a result of this bill being signed into law. 

I hope we are all ready for the ethnic cleansing that is about to happen.

Here's a quick breakdown of what ICE will receive:

• $45 billion to expand U.S. detention capacity. Meaning more concentration camps will be built. There is already one down in Florida that saw its first arrivals today. There will be more.
• $29 billion to expand ICE activities. Meaning they can hire people with absolutely no experience or training, to grab anyone who looks Spanish off the streets and disappear them.
• $3.3 billion to hire new immigration judges and related staff to prosecute and advance immigration cases. Meaning hire individuals who are more in line with the regime's mindset, so they can throw Spanish people out of the country faster.

And let's be real here; they are not just talking about the criminals. They are not just talking about the undocumented. They are referring to EVERY Spanish person in the US, including legal residents, visa or green card holders, naturalized citizens, and U.S.-born citizens. Just this week, the regime announced plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship. Soon they will have the means and man-power to do so as well as a court that will allow them.

​I can't tell you how much this scares me. Every time I leave my house alone, I wonder if I'll make it back. I think about what my husband would do if I didn't return home. I think about what I would do if I were sent to a Latin country I don't belong to. I worry that my real ID, or birth certificate, or passport will be deemed fake and tossed out. What do I do then? I am no stranger to being a target, I am a Latina woman after all, but this is a whole other level that is not easily fought. This is a whole other level that could get me killed.

It's no wonder I need a Manta sound sleep mask to help me fall asleep.

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And if you think I'm being dramatic, I'll conclude this post with the following image.