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Stand upRe “Youngkin orders support for ICE” (A1, Feb. 28): In February, the Daily Press reported that Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order directing state police and local corrections officials to work with U.
S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This order has struck fear in the heart of our immigrant community.
As Sophia Gregg, a lawyer with the ACLU of Virginia, states in the article, “[this executive order] means that state police could conduct immigration raids in the same way ICE does...
and that they could arrest people for civil immigration violations — not just criminal violations.”The article also states that nationwide roughly 55% of ICE detainees have no criminal record, according to TRAC Immigration reports.Youngkin’s executive order is a capitulation to the bullying of the Trump administration.
We need to stand up for all the hard-working tax-paying immigrant families in Virginia. Our immigrant communities have kept our population growing and are contributing mightily to our economy. According to the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, more than a third of the taxes that undocumented immigrants pay go to programs that bar them from benefiting.
Our state and local law enforcement agencies need to resist Youngkin’s executive order. Let’s stand together, fellow Virginians, to fight for the most vulnerable among us. Let us all give unwavering support to our immigrant community in Virginia.
Together, we can conquer the hate that is spewing out from the Oval Office at this time.Lucy van Tine, Virginia Organizing, Newport NewsShort memoryRe “What to do?” (Your Views, March 21): It seems that letter writers have a short memory.We haven’t been experiencing “the mostly peaceful world order we have known and benefitted from since World War II.
” There have been Middle East tensions, race riots, terrorist attacks and wars all over the globe since World War II ended.I also remember former President Bill Clinton’s presidential scandals, our national credit rating taking a hit under former President Barack Obama, and the Biden/Harris border debacle. It seems very hypocritical to complain about the current administration if you didn’t complain about others.
Folks should read our Constitution and educate themselves in proper ways — not by worshipping mainstream media. What Jesus might do in our country is irrelevant. Jesus did not write our Constitution.
The First Amendment contains the Establishment Clause, which is one of at least three ways that our Founding Fathers kept religion out of government.There are around 10,000 distinct religions in the world. Today, only about two-thirds of adults are Christians in the U.
S., and that number is slipping. Believe it or not, atheists can be good citizens, too.
Americans have a right to worship and if they choose, and they have their own opinions, but on issues like these, we need to stick to the facts. All religion needs to be kept out of all government. The U.
S. is not a Christian nation.These are the facts, and they are irrefutable.
Lee Matthews, HamptonRightsRe “Citizens rights” (Your Views, March 31): The author refers to a cartoon depicting an illegal alien being loaded onto a plane with the caption on his back stating “due process.” The letter writer continues that this cartoon is obviously critical of President Donald Trump’s decision to deport illegal immigrants.I would suggest that it is not in opposition to deporting them, but in deporting them without a process that should be afforded any human being before sending them to a prison in a foreign country for life without a shred of legal representation.
Aliens today, perhaps you or me tomorrow. Where does it end?Bonnie K. Nealon, ToanoSign up for Viewpoints, an opinion newsletter.
