Ben’s story is not just history—it’s a warning, a mirror, and a call to action.

It would be easy to hear Ben’s account and think, that was then, that was there. But make no mistake: Ben Lesser’s story is Kilmar Abregu Garcia’s story. It is the story of anyone and everyone targeted, dehumanized, and displaced.

This isn’t a question of could it happen here?

It is happening here.

And the question becomes: What are we doing about it?

We honor survivors not by placing their stories in a glass case inside a museum or in a book, but by holding them up to the present and asking hard, necessary questions of ourselves and our systems.

Please take a moment to listen. Please don’t look away.