Norma

"crumbs." It still is. If we're starving, we'll hold onto crumbs, but I prefer a more abundance-oriented vision of things. The stateless and deportable can show us the way, but citizens have to do better.

more noble because we allow those who seek citizenship to make a case for their merit one by one. Our citizenship can only be noble if we demand the circle to be drawn as large as possible, and if not, we throw it away. I remember how many people said when DACA was passed, it was

lesson to me. Today's SCOTUS decision is hugely important. So many people who can continue to provide for their families, continue doing the essential work on the frontlines of this pandemic, continue living, and loving and studying in this country. However, those of us who are

and sobering realization that this country's respect and protection was conditional and that while they might be protected, their family members and friends would be left out. They had already moved on to a more expansive vision of freedom and citizenship. This was a powerful

I remember when DACA was announced in 2012, I was struck by the silence. So many of the undocumented folks I knew who were eligible for it were not celebrating, even though they had worked so hard for Obama to *finally* use his executive authority. They had already had the sad