More importantly, what we shouldn’t do in this moment is cloak ourselves in our routine language of American exceptionalism, aghast at the present state of our immigration politics without taking full stock of our ugly past. This is who we are. Unfortunately, separating children from parents, interning racial and ethnic minorities, imprisoning defectors, and washing away cultural richness that we deem “un-American” is who we will continue to be until we wrestle with that truth.Get theTeen VogueTake.Sign up for theTeen Vogueweekly emailWant more fromTeen Vogue? Check this out: yet. May we suggest binging the original series on Hulu to get yourself in the Bayside High mindset?Let us slide into your DMs.Sign up for theTeen Voguedaily emailWant more fromTeen Vogue? Check this out: in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, many feeling as though they have no choice but to leave home for a chance at a better life. We are the country whosegreatest symbol of immigrant unity about his goals to take the world of hip-hop by storm. “I want to be that person that leads people out of the place they’re at,” hesaid