An undocumented immigrant attending an anti-Trump “Hands Off!” rally on Saturday mentioned she was “unafraid” to flash her immigration standing and sexual orientation publicly.
“I am an immigrant, I am undocumented, unafraid, queer and unashamed,” Greisa Martinez Rosas, a longtime left-wing immigration activist, informed these in attendance on the Washington, D.C., demonstrations over the weekend, in response to a report within the New York Publish.
The feedback come as protests towards the Trump administration’s immigration and cost-cutting insurance policies have unfold throughout the nation in current days, with critics slamming the president for his push to hasten deportations and intestine federal businesses via the Division of Authorities Effectivity.
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Greisa Martinez Rosas (File)
Rosas is initially from Hidalgo, Mexico, however got here to the U.S. as a toddler, the report notes, the place she finally grew up within the Dallas space. She has since gone on to function the manager director of United We Dream, a community of greater than 400,000 younger immigrants.
Her feedback have been made in entrance of tens of hundreds of protesters who attended the rally within the nation’s capital, certainly one of greater than 1,000 protests held across the nation on Saturday.
The report notes that Rosas’ feedback shortly went viral on social media, the place not all customers have been passionate about her message.
Greisa Martinez Rosas (Jemal Countess/Getty Photos for Girls of Shade)
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“Deport her. Now,” one consumer on X mentioned, in response to the Publish.
“Lock her up,” one other mentioned.
Others quipped that her public declaration was prone to land her on the radar of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement company (ICE).
Greisa Martinez Rosas, proper, hugs Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., throughout a information convention on Capitol Hill on Feb. 16, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Photos)
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“The only thing she didn’t tell ICE is her home address,” one X consumer mentioned. “I’m confident they can look that up.”
“I guess we will see her arrested later this week, thanks for coming forward to let ICE know where you are,” added one other.
