Oct. 24, 2025 5 AM PT
To the editor: There’s a clear sample of recklessness by the Trump administration, transcending from one division to a different of the federal authorities.
It ranges from the capturing by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in South L.A. (“ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault,” Oct. 21), to firing dangerous live howitzer rounds over Interstate 5 close to Camp Pendleton, to utilizing extreme army power on small boats in the Caribbean that had been allegedly carrying medicine, to the closure of the federal government, stalling negotiations on the issue created by devaluing healthcare funding that can hurt hundreds of thousands of People.
What is obvious is that the well-being and security of American residents, whether or not undocumented immigrants or authorized residents, is of no concern to President Trump and his lieutenants. We see a program of cruelty to induce worry and to focus on anybody who disagrees with ways to sidestep the Structure and guidelines of regulation.
America now faces the erosion of our society by the likes of people that appear extra felony than political, and are keen to interrupt and get rid of the inspiration that allowed our nation to be a beacon world wide.
Trump has stated the hazard to our nation is the “enemy inside.” That enemy is clearly the one in energy.
Bob Alonzi, Van Nuys
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To the editor: Sadly, the correct to be protected from a warrantless ICE house intrusion is a proper with out significant enforcement (“Warrantless home abductions by ICE are a recipe for Wild West shootouts,” Oct. 21). The vast majority of immigrants being kidnapped by immigration officers are nonviolent and law-abiding individuals who would by no means think about using deadly or nonlethal power in opposition to authorities. Being compelled to witness armed and masked ICE officers behave like a gang of marauders victimizes us all.
Ana Lopez, Whittier
