To the editor: The article about racial profiling fears concerning the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement set me to considering (“Fears of racial profiling rise as Border Patrol conducts ‘roving patrols,’ detains U.S. citizens,” June 15). May it occur to me?
I’d characterize myself usually as recognizable as Latino. I guarantee myself that I used to be born right here in a household that has been in California for 125 years. But, we hear of Latinos who’re U.S. residents getting detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
I additional guarantee myself that I’m a Stanford regulation graduate dwelling in an upscale group, and have been a practising enterprise litigation lawyer for 48 years. Irrespective of; if my buddy, Sen. Alex Padilla, will be manhandled by regulation enforcement officers, who am I to suppose I’d be exempt? However I’ll be damned if I’ll go round carrying my passport “simply in case.”
It galls me most of all that I, a Vietnam-era vet, may very well be topic to having my citizenship questioned merely on the idea of bodily look beneath insurance policies promulgated by President Trump and his political advisor, Deputy Chief of Employees Stephen Miller — neither of whom ever served in uniform, and neither of whom would even be on this nation however for the historic American custom of chain migration. To chop to the chase, what’s a sound foundation for figuring out whether or not somebody on the road is likely to be international born with out authorization to be on this nation? I don’t have the reply, however each ethical and secular regulation dictate that it shouldn’t be their pores and skin tone or bodily look.
Agustin Medina, South Pasadena
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To the editor: “Rising issues of racial profiling,” you suppose? It actually doesn’t take a lot to come back to this conclusion. ICE, together with different federal businesses, has been rampaging by neighborhoods in our metropolis the place our Latino co-workers and neighbors dwell and grabbing individuals off the road, with seemingly no motive aside from the colour of their pores and skin. This definitely isn’t taking place in Woodland Hills, the place nearly all of immigrants are white.
And, as that is taking place, the president of the USA is asking for “remigration,” which is a time period used by the far-right in Europe calling for ethnic cleansing of nonwhite individuals by compelled or “voluntary” deportation. That is additionally towards the backdrop of Trump providing asylum to white South Africans. There isn’t any proof that they face any persecution within the nation the place, regardless of the victory of the African Nationwide Congress within the ’90s, the economic system nonetheless disproportionately favors white people.
Let’s name it what it’s. This isn’t about catching and deporting “violent criminals.” It’s about white supremacy, or making America white privileged once more.
Leslie Simon and Marc Bender, Woodland Hills
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To the editor: It’s clearly unlawful, to not point out immoral, to cease individuals and ask for proof of citizenship primarily based on the colour of their pores and skin. If ICE desires to catch people who find themselves not imagined to be right here, they should do it neutrally. I recommend they arrange checkpoints like those used on New Yr’s Eve to discourage consuming and driving. They should cease each automobile and ask each individual, regardless of their age or look, for proof of citizenship. And meaning start certificates or passport — driver’s licenses don’t rely.
Anybody with out the correct documentation could be taken into custody till somebody can come down and produce the correct paperwork. And this must be performed in all places, together with, say, Huntington Seashore. After just a few days of this, let’s see how fashionable ICE is with the MAGA crowd.
Craig Zerouni, Los Angeles
