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Hell Yes: Neighbors sacrificing for neighbors

Hell Yes: Neighbors sacrificing for neighbors

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Mother of U.S. citizen taken by ICE in Pico Rivera still searching for son  | | news-journal.com
Adrian Martinez, 20 years old.

In lots of ways, I’m reluctant to celebrate the human beings and fellow citizens putting their bodies in harm’s way to protect our immigrant neighbors and friends. Not because what they’re doing isn’t radical and impossibly brave, but because it devastates me that these heroic acts have become so necessary. I do not feel ce…

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