Aliento’s Statement on Joe Biden’s Victory

Press Release: Aliento’s Statement on Joe Biden’s Victory

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Contact: Jose Patiño, Aliento, 480-287-2140 - jose@alientoaz.org

Reyna Montoya, Aliento, 480-430-9025 - reyna@alientoaz.org

As of November 7, 2020. It is projected that Biden will become the 46th President of the United States.

The Aliento Votes campaign contacted more than 25,000 young and Latinx voters in Maricopa County. We are extremely proud of our staff, interns, and volunteers for committing thousands of hours to call and knock on voters' doors.

Today, Arizona has shown the country who we are. After the signage of SB 1070 “show me your papers law,” anti-immigrant rhetoric, and hate we have come together to organize our community to voice their thoughts. Arizona has chosen to build together as a community and welcome immigrants. We are so excited we were able to do our part to increase the numbers of Young & Latinx voters who participated in this election.

“It is time for our nation to focus on healing the wounds of division and harm. As DREAMers and children of undocumented parents we hope President-Elect Biden will work towards reconciliation with immigrant and heal the wounds created by both the Obama and Trump Administrations.” - Reyna Montoya. Founder + CEO of Aliento and DACA recipient

“When you go to bed with fear for years, when you wake up every morning and pray that it's not your last, when you hold your parents tight every time you leave the house out of fear of seeing them for the last time, moments like these hit you in inexplicable ways. We worked and had everything we had so that our voices could be heard. I can't deny that I haven't felt this much joy in such a long time, but I also know that the work is just beginning. Now, we get ready to work even harder and fiercer. We are the future, and today we witnessed just that.”

- Darian Benitez, senior in high school and undocumented student”

We want to thank all of our ALIENTO Interns, Fellows, and Volunteers who contributed to the Aliento Votes campaign. Our nation has an important lesson from Arizona to learn, it is not about being blue or red, but about creating solutions that work for all of us and that include our immigrant brothers and sisters.