From kind-hearted nuns fighting for the people to human-smuggling “coyotes” looking to make a quick buck, paolamendoza + abbysher's SanctuaryBook feels all too real in 2020 America...and there’s a perfect explanation for why that is.
. They’re essential workers, neighbors, family members that aren’t receiving government assistance and are unable to vote for policies that can help save them.. “We cannot let this country reelect a president who consistently treats people inhumanely, separates families, and proudly displays his racist, fascist, misogynist ideals. We can and must change this in 2020 and beyond.”
“We wrote this book because we must channel our rage, our heartbreak, and our love of country to fight for our home and prevent a dark, dystopian future in which immigrants are no longer part of the story of America,” Mendoza says. “We must declare ourselves sanctuary for not only immigrants but for everyone who is vulnerable to the violence of white supremacy.
On any other day, I wouldn’t have dared argue with my mami. I’d just have gone back to bed like she told me to. I was a pretty respectful kid. But I couldn’t ignore what I was feeling and go lie down. No matter what Mami said, this wasn’t a normal day. This was only a few hours since we’d witnessed that girl being blown to bits in front of the Mexican/United States border, since we’d seen people in San Diego charging toward the Wall and then heard shots tear through the crowds.
I tried to go to sleep. I really did. I went into the living room and lay down, first on my side of the bed, then on Mami’s side, then horizontally. There was just too much tumbling inside of me. Bright flashes of that girl stepping forward. The earth erupting, the livestream falling, the stampede of feet and dust. The gunshots going wild.
They were all casualties of this undeclared armed conflict in Colombia. It was no longer the fifty-two-year civil war, but instead it was a quieter war. Almost deadlier, because it was so stealthy and cruel. A war camouflaged inside the shadows of peace. San Diego was beautiful and horrible all at once. The roads were wide and paved. The sun turned pink before it set every night. There was an amusement park with jumping dolphins and roller coasters. But even after I started going to kindergarten and hanging out with kids my age, I had this lonely feeling that wouldn’t go away. I knew that I was different. I knew that most families didn’t have to plan for if Mami or Papi didn’t come home from work because ICE took them away.
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