I live in an area where people ask you where you’re from and if you actually live in the neighborhood. They may assume you don’t speak English, like they have with my wife.

ICE has already gone through the town nextdoor, and I’m waiting for our turn. I’m light-skinned, but my wife and kids are dark with Mayan features. I fear that all anyone has to do to terrorize my family is call a hotline. We have all our citizenship documentation, but that doesn’t matter anymore.

I keep waiting for the day when I’m going to have to defend my family, but I might not even be around when things take place. What if they come take my wife while she’s at work? What if she goes shopping and never comes back?

I have nothing without my family. I have nothing.

  • muxikaOPEnglish
    221·
    8 days ago

    Thanks for the reasonable advice. We have all our paperwork in one place. I can see about getting passports in order. I’ve heard about passport ID cards, too. I’d like to have those readily available. Redundancy is helpful.

    I have friends who can take care of the pets, and we have family very close by. I’ll talk to friends on my block who can watch our kids in case something happens.

    • SerinusEnglish
      16·
      8 days ago

      Take pictures and/or make copies of your documentation as well. You don’t want to hand them the originals and then have nothing.

      This is insane. I’m sorry.

      You might try calling the police if a situation comes up? I don’t see a better option.

      No due process means they can come for any of us. If laws aren’t stopping them, skin color doesn’t have to either.