Letters: We must keep pressure on lawless ICE agents

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Keep pressure on lawless ICE agents Countless of us are sickened by the ongoing inhumane remedy of immigrants and others by ICE Related Articles Letters Walnut Creek bike path plan doesn t enhance safety Letters Despite nation s division let s be grateful for what we have Letters Progressive parcel tax would backfire on Oakland residents Letters Trump ignores state s tragic history with offshore drilling Letters The U S had nothing to gain by attending atmosphere conference Every day there are headlines about ICE s violent remedy of innocent people Anyone who still believes these assaults are directed toward criminals is choosing to remain ignorant There s overwhelming evidence that ICE routinely detains people solely due to the color of their skin and without warrants The trauma and destruction caused by these unconstitutional detainments include deaths sexual abuse and neglect in ICE custody denial of due process rights the disappearances of hundreds after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz and assaults on peaceful protesters As a Catholic I note that Pope Leo XIV stated that being pro-life should include opposition to the inhumane healing of immigrants The pope called for reflection on the recovery of detained immigrants It s imperative that people of goodwill do everything we can to stop ICE s aggressive and criminal behavior Laura Murray Santa Cruz SJ must make sure progress includes all As an African American participant at Evergreen Valley College I see our area s future being priced out Multiple of us especially from Black and Brown neighborhoods are watching our families get squeezed by rising rents while new tech jobs pour in This isn t just about buildings it s about people We need the city to ensure that new corporate improvement directly funds affordable housing and protects tenants from unfair rent hikes and evictions We can t create a vibrant San Jose if the people who make it diverse and strong themselves can t even afford to stay here Let s make sure progress includes everyone Demari Agbulos San Jose DOJ won t prosecute MAGA lawbreakers Re Justice demands prosecuting fake electors Page A Nov In his column Mark Barabak quotes Derek Muller a Notre Dame law professor and a long-time member of the Federalist Society the judicial arm of the anti-democracy MAGA movement Regarding fake electors Muller suggests that the ballot box rather than a courtroom may be the better venue to litigate the matter Apparently Muller attended the Alice In Wonderland Law School where he undoubtedly received an A in circular logic It is against the law to overturn the outcome of a presidential referendum it is idiotic to say that when a bunch of MAGA criminals break polling laws we should rely on another electoral process in which MAGA operatives are hard at work illegally suppressing the votes of millions of likely Democratic voters instead of prosecuting MAGA criminals to the full extent of the law No wonder people distrust lawyers especially when they promote excusing law-breaking instead of prosecuting the lawbreakers Bill Charleston Campbell Achievement more significant than female president Re How long until we elect a female president Page A Nov A half-page column in the Mercury News asks How long until we elect a female president The author finds it kind of depressing that this January the country will have reached the historic moment when of its governors are female I m old enough to be impressed not depressed by this statistic More importantly I implore Democrats to focus on the much more significant goal of defeating the Republicans in In both and we elected Donald Trump over much more experienced women who assumed in the rule of law and our democracy While I volunteered for the Kamala Harris campaign in our country is completely not yet ready for a woman leader as more enlightened countries such as India Pakistan Germany Israel and Great Britain have shown themselves to be Given the apparent misogynistic nature of the American voters let s not repeat the mistakes of and Peter Ross San Jose Ukraine peace plan favors the invaders Re Trump offers a Ukraine peace plan Kremlin can love Page A Nov The word is that Russia is in on a full war production level and showing it by an atmospheric rain of drones on civilian and capacity targets I have never understood the timid arms initiative that forbids Ukraine from having weapons with mileage into Russia Vladimir Putin understands force only Is Donald Trump so dazzled by the vision of a Nobel Peace Prize that the art of the deal and the cards Trump holds created this outrageous peace plan This is worse than the Munich Deal that led to WWII To give up even more land on its Black Sea ports considering Russia s efforts to blockade grain shipments would be disastrous To limit its army to forbid NATO membership and not allow long-range weapons is another gift to dictator Putin who feeds on such rewards like Crimea he took in It s time for Congress to wake up David Eisbach San Jose