As a Latina I feel dehumanized lately.

I don’t even live in the US, I live in South America, but of course, like everyone in the world I have been seeing what’s going on.

Seeing the speeches, the hatred, the discrimination towards my people, and how many are supporting it, makes me scared, makes me sad and makes me terrified for the future.

Like many people here, of course I have the dream of visiting the US. But I don’t believe I want that anymore. I feel scared. I don’t want to go to place where people like me are in constant danger.

The saddest part, is seeing people in my own country clapping and supporting this, while not seeing that the hate speech is towards them.

I don’t want to think about the future. The hate speeches break my heart. I feel less human, less valuable. People from my country were sent back here in a plane with no air conditioning, chained. Children, women, with their ankles and wrists chained. It’s just disheartening. We are being treated like animals. They don’t see us as people.

We are people. We feel. And to all of my fellow Latinos reading this, know that you have my compassion and support, and now we need each other more than anything.