It’s Hard Out Here for a Latina Journalist in Trump’s America

I’ve personally witnessed the damage politicians’ anti-immigrant rhetoric can do

Azucena Rasilla
ZORA
Published in
6 min readAug 20, 2019

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A child holds a sign during a Close The Camps protest. Photo: SOPA Images/Getty Images

IfIf I close my eyes whenever Donald Trump, one of his MAGA supporters, or spineless politicians talk, it’s as if I am transported back to the ’90s when then California Governor Pete Wilson terrorized the state for eight long…

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Azucena Rasilla
ZORA
Writer for

Azucena is a freelance arts and culture journalist from Oakland, California. Follow her work on social media: @chroniclesofazu