Not wearing a mask risks lives of Latino families: Juan H. Flores
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s lifting of the mask mandate has deadly health risks for Latino families, their economic mobility, and the state’s economy. This decision is not an isolated case of the state’s leadership callousness and inequities toward people of color and already vulnerable, low-income workers. Scapegoating immigrants as a diversion from his decision was an added insult. Undocumented immigrants give more to our economy than they take. They risk their lives daily - unacknowledged and unrewarded - in essential areas of our economy or caregiving for our loved ones during COVID-...