We Cannot Look Away: My Position on the Inhumane Treatment Happening in America Right Now

There are moments in history when silence becomes another form of violence.
Today, we are witnessing one of those moments.

Across the United States, families are living in fear. Not because they’ve committed crimes. Not because they are harming anyone. But because the system we’ve allowed to operate in our name — ICE — is treating human beings in ways no civilized country should tolerate.

And I won't stay quiet about it.

What Is Happening Right Now Is Inhumane — By Every Standard We Claim to Live By

If we measure ICE’s actions through the lens of basic human rights, the truth is undeniable:

1. Freedom From Fear

A humane system doesn’t terrorize communities.
Right now, parents are afraid to drive to work.
Children are afraid to go to school.
Families are afraid to answer their front door.

Fear has become a daily condition — not because of wrongdoing, but because of targeted enforcement that prioritizes numbers over lives, and optics over humanity.

2. Preservation of Family

A humane system keeps families together.
Instead, ICE continues aggressive practices that rip parents from their children, leaving kids traumatized, abandoned, and emotionally destroyed — often for life.

Family separation is not “policy.”
It is harm.
It is violence.
And it violates every ethical standard we claim to uphold as a nation.

3. Respect, Dignity, and Due Process

A humane system ensures fair treatment, access to counsel, and transparent procedures.
Today, countless families are being detained without proper representation, pressured into signing documents they do not understand, and held in conditions that no American would find acceptable for themselves or their own children.

4. Protection From Cruel or Degrading Treatment

A humane system does not treat people as disposable.
Yet ICE detention centers have documented patterns of medical neglect, abuse, isolation, and psychological harm — including among minors.

When we tolerate this, we say with our silence: “This is fine, as long as it’s not me.”

And That’s Exactly Why People Are Afraid

I’ve spoken to families who won’t leave their homes unless absolutely necessary.
Parents who are sending children to school with tears in their eyes.
Workers terrified to show up to their jobs — not because they want to avoid responsibility, but because they fear they may not come home.

This is not what freedom looks like.
This is not what justice looks like.
This is not what America is supposed to be.

This Is Bigger Than Politics — It’s About Humanity

People may disagree on policy.
But we should never disagree on basic human dignity.

No one — no matter where they were born — deserves to be hunted, terrorized, or treated as subhuman.

I am the wife of an immigrant.
But even beyond that — I am a human being.
And I refuse to pretend that this is acceptable.

Doing Nothing Is How Abuse Grows

For too long, people have waited for the “right time” to care.
For the system to get worse.
For someone else to take the lead.

But history has shown us repeatedly:
Waiting for comfort is how injustice wins.

You don’t need a title.
You don’t need political power.
You don’t need the perfect words.

You have a voice — find the courage to use it.

Stand Now. Speak Now. Act Now.

If you believe in family…
If you believe in humanity…
If you believe that no one should fear losing their life simply by living it…

Now is the time to stand up.

Raise awareness.
Challenge harmful narratives.
Humanize the people being dehumanized.
Vote with intention.
Protect your neighbors.
Speak the truth even when your voice shakes.

Silence is complicity.
Courage is contagious.

Together, we decide what kind of country we are becoming.

And I choose humanity.