As thousands of immigrants await decisions from the Supreme Court, the Biden Administration, and an ongoing lawsuit in the 9th Circuit, their lives and status in the U.S. remain in limbo.

“Most of the time immigrants, when they come to the U.S., they lean into the structural prejudice of racism that exists in this country,” said Elsadig Elsheikh, a program director in California.

Cirien Saadeh explains, “Seeing this letter exist gave me hope that at least a conversation is being had where I had never seen it happen before.”