My Side

Warlin Contrera

Donald Trump said all immigrants are invaders but I say my mom was just looking for a better life.

They say we are all criminals but I say I’m just a high school kid just trying to graduate, just somebody who wants to follow his dream.

My world changed when I left the Dominican Republic to come here.

I wasn’t going to know how to speak the language. Was I going to be able to make friends? Do you know what it’s like to arrive in a new country? To change schools, communities, cultures, and countries?

They say we immigrants are all “drug dealers and rapists from shithole countries.” I say we are workers, mothers, fathers, and families looking to survive.