Started with talking about the sanctuary movement of the 1980s, which sought to protect Central Americans fleeing wars from being deported.
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But, by ignoring that black immigrants even exist, and by failing to put black immigrants at the center of the immigrant rights movement ...
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... we wind up with sanctuary cities that say they value and protect brown lives. But not black ones.
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What does it means to have a city where people will work to protect brown folks from deportation but not protect black folks from death?
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It means we wind up with places like Sanford, Florida.
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What would it mean, then, to center black people when it comes to immigration?
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