But it is also a political disaster for this administration: continuing Trump-era policies is the surest way possible to tell people their political activism and participation do not matter, they can’t change anything anyway. I reject that kind of cynicism. We have a sacred duty to advocate for the most marginalized communities regardless of who is President, to not let ourselves be bystanders. We will keep taking action and organizing until the U.S. is a place that explicitly welcomes immigrants and refugees, where policies like the Muslim and African ban are unthinkable.”