This is a brutal line from this powerful essay from my former editor @obedmanuel.bsky.social @thebarbedwire.com: "It takes valor to free one’s self from the grip of a country that is too foolish to recognize your worth."
Kyle Harris
Many undocumented immigrants are choosing to leave the U.S. The Trump administration wants us to call this “self-deportation.” In my essay for @thebarbedwire.com, I argue why we shouldn’t use the language of the oppressor:
Calling the decision to leave the United States “self-deportation” undermines the autonomy that brought immigrants here in the first place.
