Today, I wrote my senators the following letter in support of undocumented immigrants:
I arrived in the US on September 26, 2001, a shy, big-headed seven year-old.
In the 5840 days I’ve lived here, I have had the privilege never being undocumented. That means that I've never had to worry about being sent back to a county ravaged by civil war, economic exploitation and foreign policy. I never worried about having to pay for college because I knew I could apply for loans and FAFSA. I never had to worry about a going back to a country I barely know or have ICE show up at my door.
In those 5840 days, I've seen countless friends and families torn apart by deportations family separations. I've had
