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"We can't just let this happen and not say anything."
- @rasjbaraka.bsky.social
The presser is LIVE.
"If we allow people to identify us as 'criminal' just by the way we look, we are going back to a time in this country that was dangerous - specifically for people who look like me."
@amytorres.bsky.social speaks: "Since the election, our Know Your Rights work has gone overdrive. In January alone, we have provided almost 100 hours of KYR material. Our online outreach has nearly doubled."
"We dropped everything we were doing, and arrived as ICE was leaving. This site employs 80-90 people. By the time we got there, there were only 12.
ICE walked in as if it was their empire's conquered land. They had no names and no warrants. Then they said it wasn't a raid."
- @amytorres.bsky.social
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- @rasjbaraka.bsky.social
The presser is LIVE.
"If we allow people to identify us as 'criminal' just by the way we look, we are going back to a time in this country that was dangerous - specifically for people who look like me."
ICE walked in as if it was their empire's conquered land. They had no names and no warrants. Then they said it wasn't a raid."
- @amytorres.bsky.social
They use fear and racism to justify their presence, to justify their power grab. People were terrified. You would be too."
- @amytorres.bsky.social
They are not targeting criminals, but profiling and isolating our communities, making them feel detained in their own homes."
- @amytorres.bsky.social