By Sho Kaneko, Alliance San Diego Deep Volunteer

By Andrea Tecpoyotl Tepale, Legal Rights Organizer

My name is Andrea Tecpoyotl Tepale. At age five, my parents decided to embark on a journey to the United States from my birth home, Puebla, Mexico. This brave decision completely changed my life. 

By Itzel Maganda-Chavez, Civic Engagement Director

For the undocumented community, June 18, 2024 was an emotional day that carried big news and high hopes. President Biden announced that the federal government would use its existing authority to grant ‘parole in place’ to undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and their children who have been here for at least ten years.

By Nedy Velazquez, Border Policy Coordinator

From an early age, my mom’s tenacity and grit as a domestic worker, an owner of a cleaning company, and advocate, inspired me. I witnessed my mom lead with then tens, and later hundreds of undocumented workers, predominantly women. They organized at all levels of government for better working conditions and a pathway to citizenship for our community.