Jessica Ramos: “In the era of climate change, guess what? People are fleeing…”

“… supremacy and actually force people to remember and reckon with their own personal history and how each and every one of us, without exception, deserves dignity and deserves respect. Because In the era of climate change, guess what? People are fleeing floods, people are fleeing droughts, people are fleeing warfare. People are fleeing all sorts of things that unless we do something about them, those conditions will only be exacerbated and lead to more migrant influxes.” (32:27–32:36)

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