![]() ![]() "We're no longer afraid to say we are undocumented," Guerra declared. They have stopped in about 20 cities in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia before arriving in North Carolina, holding rallies and confronting anti-Latino prejudice along the way. It was in effect a mass coming out ceremony.įor the past six weeks the group has been riding across the American south in a converted Greyhound bus bearing the slogan: "No Papers No Fear". Under a blazing North Carolina sun, Guerra joined almost 50 other undocumented Latino immigrants on a Sunday in a park on the outskirts of Charlotte, the North Carolinan venue of this week's Democratic national convention. He kept out of view, avoided public places and never spoke his mind to anyone outside his immediate family. Undocumented Latinos end protest tour of south at Democratic conventionįor the past 15 years Miguel Guerra has been living in the shadows as an undocumented Latino immigrant in the US.Sitting with all these amazing individuals, it was hard not to see myself spending endless hours together on church floors, planning the next actions. Each of us wondering about what just happened and what was next. Soaking wet, riders shared their most vivid memories of the entire trip. After weeks of speaking out, civil disobedience, and hanging out together, UndocuBus riders were finally saying goodbye. to hop on the UndocuBus for one last time as a group, the humid rain seemed like an emotional prop to our undocumented goodbyes. ![]() All drawings by Julio Salgado.Īs we exited El Siloe Church’s gym in Charlotte, N.C. His images speak to the sense of solidarity and pride that the campaign seeded in all the participants, which they took home with them as the bus rolled out. Here’s a dispatch from CultureStrike artist Julio Salgado from the Undocubus, which last week made a big splash at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. ![]()
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