Katie Phang

I'm going to read it first in English and then in Spanish.

I want to come home.

I want to return to my school, to my family, and to the life I have worked so hard to build.

I have done everything asked of me, followed every rule, and still I was treated as if I did not belong.

I refuse to give up on my dreams, and I refuse to be silent.

I am asking for fairness, for dignity, and for the chance to continue the future I started in the only country

I truly know is home.

Now in Spanish.

Quiero volver a casa.

Quiero regresar a mi escuela, a mi familia y a la vida que he trabajado tan duro para construir.

He hecho todo lo que se me ha pedido.

He seguido cada regla y aún así fui tratada como algo desechable.

Me niego a renunciar a mis sueños y me niego a guardar silencio.

Estoy pidiendo justicia, dignidad y la oportunidad de continuar el futuro que comencé en el único país que es mi hogar.

The government has a court order.

The clock is ticking.

72 hours.

And we will not stop speaking until Annie is brought home.

Thank you.

I have had the joy and honor of being a pediatrician for 30 years, providing high-quality care, primary health care to children in the United States and around the world.