Then the second erasure: there is still no MENA category on the census. We get counted as "White," which hides real disparities in health, education, and hate crime victimization. Removing the race questions kills any near-term shot at fixing that.

For MENA communities in California, this is a double erasure. Our communities were built in large part by refugees and asylum seekers from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Sudan. Many hold temporary status. This proposal writes them out of the count entirely.

Trump is messing with the Census again. This week his administration proposed erasing millions of U.S. residents from the count that decides congressional seats and federal funding. Refugees. Asylum seekers. People with temporary status. Gone. 🧵

Too many genocide-supporting white supremacists applauding the kidnapping of Mahmoud by the Trump regime for protesting genocide.