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yesterday, ICE came to my work looking for me.

i was on my day off, trying to have a pretty unproductive day to try and decompress from this months events when i got the call.

they came in using my title but not my name. asking my coworker questions about me. asking her to confirm my first and last name and to give them my phone number. she didn’t feel comfortable disclosing this information so she told them my first name and had my back for the rest.

i am legally allowed to be here. i am what they call a “naturalized citizen”. because i am adopted, my birth certificate states my birth country, so i need both my birth certificate and my naturalization papers to prove my citizenship.

for those of you who still think ICE is just coming after criminals, i wanted to share my story to help you understand that this is happening to all brown people.

i have no idea how i could have made it on any sort of list. my best guess is this is a reaction to some form of racial profiling, because i legally have every right to be here…. i just happen to be brown.

i urge you all to take this as seriously as it is. check in on your brown friends. protest peacefully, support small businesses, love your neighbors….. and ICE OUT.