Low Profile DREAMers

10/21/2024

"In San Francisco as in every city of California we had won the argument, not by establishing our reasons and defending them, but by silencing our friends and our pairs through mockery, insinuation, brute force and venomous rebukes. In the cruel opprobrium and crueler exigency (my contributions) of the movement’s final November there was no levity or hope left to keep it alive. There was not one gossamer shimmer to give us hope. The funders saw the consequences before we did. We defaced our movement, the corvids lined up, and the foundations turned their backs.

Did a meme affect the outcome of an election? Did we demotivate enough Mexicans and Central Americans with ballots in the mailbox to sway the outcome and divert history? Did Iñiguez’s blog, Yessika in her ROTC uniform and myself hypocritically with Kant underarm succeed in accelerating what was before 11PM just then only a pending threat? Soft."

Moments of ignominy, prostration and regret for the movement.

09/19/2024

Open letter to United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archdiocese of Los Angeles and St. Mary's Catholic Church on allegations from the parishioners or the clerical staff brought to me by a restrained person. Carta abierta a mi Arzobispo y la iglesia vecina.

Archbishop José Horacio Gómez
Father Benito Rojas,
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Palmdale

PRESENTE.

Mi nombre es César Miguel Rivera Vega Magallón, soy feligrés de Sagrado Corazón en Lancaster. Le escribo hoy sobre asuntos serios.

En el caso contra una persona de la que busco protección en forma de una orden de restricción, se escribió una carta indicando que la Iglesia de Santa María o quienes la representan alegaron que hice "cosas viciosas" durante mi tiempo en México. Esto, después de ayudar a la parroquia a organizar clínicas de inmigración, debates, ayudar a recaudar fondos y gastar dinero de mi propio bolsillo para construir el hermoso monumento a nuestra comunidad que se encuentra allí hoy.

Estas acusaciones son falsas, injuriosas y engañosas. Les insto a que se dirijan a aquellos de su rebaño que me han llevado a la desesperación y a dudar de mi lealtad y pertenencia a mi propia iglesia.

Mi tiempo en México fue complejo, pero intenté vivir el Evangelio, los Sacramentos y seguir el camino de quienes conocían a Cristo mejor que yo en ese momento. "¿Cosas viciosas?" Un eufemismo tan vago que podría significar cualquier cosa.

Le pido su ayuda en el asunto. Le pido su oración y guía mientras reconstruyo mi vida después de experimentar violencia policial en Tijuana —que su rebaño me desprecia y dice que es una mentira— y un intento de homicidio en Lancaster que me llevó al desamparo pero no a la desesperanza.

En Solidaridad,

09/14/2024

Today, I sent via U.S. Mail a letter to the George Whitesides for Congress campaign urging, once again, that the dangerous proposals that target immigrants for detention, deportation, disability and death be abandoned in favor of alternatives which everyone in the district can live with.

Border Patrol maim and kill and as we recently have seen, stalk middle school students to kidnap and repeatedly r**e them. This is unconscionable and the Democratic nominee must immediately explain why this is acceptable to him.

09/12/2024

The paperback version of Androtauromaquía is available for purchase on Amazon! In it you'll find 29 poems on queerness, illegality, Mexico and love in the time of Chimeras. Thank you for your interest and your support.

A collection of poems, Juvenilia and Errata.

09/11/2024

This changes everything

08/08/2024

Carta abierta a los demócratas del Valle del Antílope y el Alto Desierto en Alta California

08/08/2024

Open letter to the High Desert Democrats, all Antelope Valley Democrats and all nominees for elected office.

08/06/2024

As we prepare for our August 17th meeting with Assemblymember Juan Carrillo, reviewing the testimonies and media releases of people who have died and been traumatized inside, I'm grateful to my friends who have been inside who are still fighting in their own way. We must resist ecocide and forced migration, and pol(ice) violence everywhere and always. We're canceling this contract.

Let's get it shut down once and for all, save the Joshua trees, and restore our reputation as the Jewel of the Mojave.