The Contradictions of U.S. Citizenship for Brown People in El Norte

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

While I benefit from being a U.S.-born citizen, it’s not something that I’m proud of. In fact, as I witness Brown immigrants being dehumanized, kidnapped, caged and deported by the inhumane administration, I’m ashamed of it. I don’t say this flippantly, as I’m fully aware that millions of immigrants have abandoned (to the present) their countries of origin and risked their lives, etc., to settle here for better economic opportunities to provide for themselves and families.