Re: “No mercy: After indiscriminate immigration crackdown, Latinos rethink support for Trump” (Aug. 31, Opinion):
I learn with curiosity Patricia Lopez’ column on the excesses of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. To not excuse these individuals’s excessive actions, however it’s stated crucial perform of any authorities is securing its border.
My late accomplice got here to the U.S. on a pupil visa. She knew she might by no means return to Iran and utilized for citizenship. After years of labor, monetary funding and frustration, it was granted. The lingua franca of a rustic is vital, and in 5 years she was capable of graduate from a U.S. college with a bachelor’s diploma in early childhood training. Later, she acquired her grasp’s diploma and have become the highest trainer in her college.
She believed in equity and noticed what number of got here right here illegally however have been granted amnesty, which she took as a slap within the face. We noticed this was the work of the company world wanting an inexpensive and pliable workforce — therefore the phrase “undocumented” trivializing this situation.
Sadly, typically one extra results in one other and right here we’re right this moment. Ultimately, it’s not about individuals however the system below which all of us stay. Emotion have to be tempered with motive.
Jack Pedigo, Lopez Island
