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“I once heard of a class teacher who’d punish every student wearing a blue shirt whenever a student wearing blue shirt had committed a mistake. I thought that was pretty bad. I then heard of a class teacher who’d punish every student wearing a blue shirt whenever someone in blue shirt committed a mistake somewhere else. Clearly, the worst is not a reality.”

“My work on Orange has taught me this: Human beings are not categorically bad because of their mistakes. They can learn from their errors and get back on track. No one should be forever written off because of one part of his or her history.”

Prison Mass Incarceration Orange Is The New Black Immigrant Detention

Book:In the Country We Love: My Family Divided

Source: In the Country We Love: My Family Divided

“If nightmares can become reality, why can't dreams?...I imagine a future where immigration prisons do not exist.”

Dreams Immigration Abolition Immigrant Detention Crimmigration

Book:Migrating to Prison: America's Obsession With Locking Up Immigrants

Source: Migrating to Prison: America's Obsession With Locking Up Immigrants