No One Is Coming to Help Undocumented Workers

Whether they’re staying home or risking their health by working, they won’t be getting economic relief

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
GEN
Published in
7 min readApr 15, 2020

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I’I’m a New York City kid, with thick gold hoops and a nameplate necklace and bracelet, in three kinds of gold, handed down to me by my undocumented mother who made me practice Selena Quintanilla songs to compete in a…

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Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
GEN
Writer for

Karla lives in New Haven with her partner and dog. She is the author of “The Undocumented Americans.” Pronouns: she/her.