Today our nation has moved backwards. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has shown that he will not stand in the side of justice. Instead, he will ensure a great injustice will happen to close to one million undocumented youth.

Yesterday approximately at 9:00pm Phoenix PD tear-gassed children, people in wheelchairs, and many peaceful demonstrators without a warning. Today we denounce the actions of Phoenix Police Department headed by Police Chief Jeri Williams.

Today, democratic Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and republican Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced the DREAM Act. On June 30th, ten attorney generals demanded the White House to  terminate the DACA program.

Today, Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) will be deciding whether to appeal or not appeal the court’s decision regarding in-state tuition. Aliento leaders, students, educators, and members of the community come together to thank MCCCD for providing in-state tuition for DACA students and to ask them to be courageous again and appeal so many students can achieve their dream of higher education.

The overturn of in-state tuition weighs heavy on me. For two years, I paid for all my college expenditures out of my own pocket. Only once I received a scholarship of one hundred dollars to help me pay for a semester. To me, it was a blessing to have the ability to pay for my own education at PVCC.

We would like to announce that our very own founder, Reyna E. Montoya, was chosen as a Echoing Green 2017 fellow! We are so proud!

Even with all these secrets, my nieveness and my hakuna matata style of looking at life yielded me from realizing that I felt shame and embarrassment for being both undocumented and gay

There were also younger people than me who share their knowledge, pain and their very own strength. I wasn’t alone, my sister wasn’t alone!

January 27th, just a week after Trump takes office, Aliento has invited Stephanie Camba , AKA SoulTree CambaNationOfThings , to perform songs that explore the depth, nuance and intersectionality of human-undocumented experience.

El 27 de Enero, apenas una semana después de que Trump asuma el cargo como President, Aliento ha invitado a Stephanie Camba, conocida como SoulTree CambaNationOfThings, a realizar canciones que exploran la profundidad, el matiz y la interseccionalidad de la experiencia humana-indocumentada.