Re: “Demand transparency and justice in fatal ICE shooting” (Jan. 9, Opinion) and “After Minneapolis killing, protests in Seattle, U.S. demand: ‘ICE out’ ” (Jan. 11, Nation):
The Seattle Occasions rightly calls out the abuses of President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement insurance policies, which have been broadly protested in Seattle, Washington state and all through the nation. On the path of Trump and Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem, ICE has turn into a paramilitary drive roaming this nation’s streets and terrorizing residents and immigrants.
The deaths and shootings by the hands of ICE, together with the deaths of these held in ICE detention, are a nationwide tragedy and disgrace, as is the lack of many to stroll down the road, or go to highschool, work or the shop, with out worry of abduction or extrajudiciary killing by masked brokers.
With Trump’s 34 felony convictions, and his pardoning of Jan. 6 violent insurrectionists and drug kingpins, this immigrant purge has by no means been about legality. It’s a racist and morally bankrupt coverage draining our tax {dollars}. It’s turning the U.S. right into a pariah.
In a functioning democracy with working checks and balances, such a drive that bypasses legislation and structure wouldn’t be doable. Trump and his administration are operating roughshod over our democracy. Congress should act now to finish ICE’s reign of terror.
Nancy Dickeman, Seattle
