They call them criminals, but they’re our neighbors. Our coworkers. Our family. ICE is detaining immigrants without due process—people who have lived here for years, worked hard, paid taxes, and are actively in the legal process of staying. Many are baited into check-ins… then arrested and deported with no warning. If they’re such a “burden,” why are they being taken from restaurants, farms, factories, and construction sites? These are the same people who kept this country running during the pandemic—while corporations collected millions in PPP loans that got forgiven. Let’s be honest—this isn’t just about immigration. It’s about money. Private prison companies like GEO Group and CoreCivic gave Trump over a million dollars—and in return, they got massive government contracts to detain human beings like products. They profit off every person locked up. This is a business. And people’s lives are the currency. As a Mexican woman, I refuse to stay silent. We are not disposable. We are not invisible. We are the backbone of this country—and we demand to be treated like it. This is our home too. 🇲🇽✊🏽#latinostiktok #laprotest #losangeles #immigration #nohumanisillegal
DTLA PROTEST 🇲🇽🇺🇸✊🏾 What the media won’t show you: We came in peace—for our people, for our families, for justice. We’re not here to cause chaos. We’re here to fight for those who couldn’t be. For humane treatment. For real immigration reform. Immigrants built this country. They are not disposable. We won’t stay silent while they’re exploited and discarded. #latinostiktok #laprotest #losangeles #immigration #trump
I hold the Mexican flag with pride—because I’m Mexican-American, and I’m proud of my culture and my people. The same people Trump calls criminals and “illegals” are the ones keeping this country running. We’re not aliens—we’re farmworkers, nurses, builders, small business owners. We’re the backbone of this country. They want us to be ashamed of who we are—to believe the lies, to stay quiet, to disappear. That shame is how they win. It’s how they got some of our own to vote for the same system that targets us. But I won’t be silent. I won’t be ashamed. Not ever again. I wave my flag high because I am proud. Proud to be Mexican. Proud to be from a people who survive, who resist, who rise. This isn’t the America they told us it was. Because when a racist dictatorship detains our people for profit and calls it law, that’s not freedom. That’s oppression. Trump didn’t protect the American flag—he tarnished it. But he won’t take mine. 🇲🇽✊🏽