To the editor: I might discover it heartening if the federal authorities would give each Immigration and Customs Enforcement applicant, and particularly new hires, a replica of the Structure and the Invoice of Rights (“ICE is hiring 10,000 brokers. Some surprising folks wish to be a part of the Trump crackdown,” Aug. 29). New hires can be examined on it, since they’re presupposed to swear an oath to defend the Structure and comply with the weather set forth therein. But many ICE brokers, based mostly on the actions we’ve seen this 12 months, have by no means learn it and as an alternative depend on social media for instruction (or worse, our present administration).
I at the moment carry two copies of the Structure with me always (one to share ought to somebody have an interest) and am distressed most individuals I meet and know haven’t learn it in any respect, or haven’t learn it since school. That is the founding doc of our nation, one thing that theoretically laid out our rights as residents, and it’s being metaphorically shredded as we communicate. Let’s not overlook, President Trump said in his first time period, “I really like the poorly educated.”
Ruth Peebles, Los Angeles
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To the editor: As somebody who has carried out background investigations on ICE candidates, I discovered them to be clever — most with school levels — and certified for the job. Sadly, the totally debased requirements for an ICE agent beneath this administration have opened the door for candidates nobody ought to need however who shall be employed. Trump’s imaginative and prescient of ICE, with its emphasis on cruelty, will seemingly be staffed by gun-toting thugs comprising the fascist navy he goals about. So, right here’s my query: When the final immigrant is transported to some far-off nation, who then will ICE set its sights on?
Melissa Verdugo, Rancho Palos Verdes
