Last week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Deferred Action for Early Childhood Arrivals program, which allows undocumented people brought to the United States at a young age to stay in the country. Trump has long attempted to end a program that the immigrant youth movement fought so hard to win; the court blocked him. For months, immigrant workers across the country have been holding our breath, waiting for this decision, even as the coronavirus pandemic ravages our communities.

We were victorious. The next step is to demand permanent protection, dignity, and respect for all 11 million undocumented workers in the US and build a popular movement of immigrant workers and allies that is powerful enough to win it.

I work the night shift cleaning a food packaging plant in Athens, Georgia. My shift begins at 4 PM each day. By 10 AM the next morning, I am home preparing breakfast for my children, having spent the night disinfecting bathrooms and cafeterias at the factory. My coworkers and I are frontline workers, handling surfaces before they have been scrubbed down with alcohol and putting ourselves at risk of getting infected every night. The managers at the factory have told us that we are saving lives, though I would trade in their empty praise for adequate protections and hazard pay.