Rep. Ilan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, is receiving criticism from both sides of the aisle after she tweeted that Latinos wouldn’t benefit from a merit-based immigration plan.

Many on the left are upset with her for seemingly have implied that the Latino community wouldn’t qualify based on merit. While many on the right are just hungry for more misinformation and drama surrounding the freshman Congresswoman.

In a now-deleted tweet, the Congresswoman was appearing to question the real reasoning behind a merit-based immigration policy.

Often times, the Trump administration has used this coded term to refer to a system of stopping immigration from brown and black countries, or shithole countries as he once referred to many of them.

She clearly stated that immigration policies should be humane, legal, and fair. And welcome people of all sorts of backgrounds.

The Trump administration’s recently released immigration plan doubles down on a merit-based policy, one that research shows is inherently racist.

Currently, only 12% of immigrants to the US qualify based on skills and very few Latinos are ever awarded visas of this type.

However, many on the left, including Latinos, are very upset with the Congresswoman’s choice of words.

Some on Twitter did come to the Congresswoman’s defense and noted that a merit-based system would likely work against Latinos. The problem is, she didn’t exactly get the wording right.

With the rhetoric from the Trump administration, it’s safe to say this policy wouldn’t be applied equally.

But overwhelmingly, Latinos on Twitter were just sick and tired of being underestimated.

All too often, Latinos of all backgrounds are thought of as impoverished, undereducated, or underskilled immigrants. We are often described as migrant workers or refugees, all of us lumped into the same category.

Yes, there are communities in urgent need of relief from persecution in their home countries, including refugees. But it’s simply not true that they couldn’t qualify under a merit-based system.

Many immigrants from all over Latin America are doctors, engineers, lawyers, with so much to offer the US. This is the point that was lost on many across social media.

And, of course, Sen. Ted Cruz had to chime in and offer his two cents.

Though many were quick to point out that Cruz’s family emigrated to Canada before arriving in the US. And that he himself was born in Canada, making it a lot easier to gain legal status in the US.

All of this just shows how important it is to choose your words very carefully unless you want to invite a firestorm from both sides.

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Even college educated students at prestigious universities are not immune from believing and perpetrating racist and xenophobic tropes. That’s the case of Jesús Rodríguez, a student at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Rodríguez, who turned out to be an exceptional student, had to contend with a bout of racism when he started at the elite university.

Jesús A. Rodríguez became the first person in his family to graduate college, and he did so with a 3.8 GPA.

Most college students would be excited to graduate with that GPA from any university but Rodríguez earned his impressive GPA at the very prestigious Georgetown University. While his accomplishment is remarkable, here’s why his story is causing a sensation on the internet and causing so many people to be proud of la raza and a man they’ve never met.

Rodríguez tweeted that some of his schoolmates made racist remarks when he started at the university.

A lot of us can relate to moments like this. There are moments when people ask where you are from and you know they don’t mean what state you were born in. It’s always a punch in the gut when you realize that your own identity is questioned and dissected while your peers navigate life without the same scrutiny.

People celebrating Rodríguez’s accomplishment want to shame the floormates who asked him to iron their shirts.

Imagine if he identified the people who made him feel uncomfortable with those comments. Surely people want to find out with whom they need to be angry.

So many people are congratulating the talented Venezuelan writer for all of his hard work.

How amazing to hear from so many people, including coworkers, other journalists, and strangers. Nothing but congratulations from so many people who have experienced the same kind of hateful language and stereotypes.

Even though Rodríguez has six internships lined up, there’s always room from one people, especially when it comes to an organization helping people of color every day.

The ACLU has aligned themselves as an organization fighting to make everyone’s life in the U.S. the best and most just one possible. There is no reason anyone should lack rights and safety.

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