Why is the president of the United States of America being allowed to add orchestrated kidnappings of immigrants and college kids to his unfinished symphony of crimes; both alleged and adjudicated?
In this country, when people — even immigrants and even college kids — are suspected of having committed crimes, we have systems and laws in place for discovering the facts and holding wrongdoers accountable. (Though those systems are not immune from evil or unequal application as vulnerable populations are all too well aware).
Why are the president and his administration not using well established protocols for dealing with people who they fear are out to harm this country? Why are people suspected of whatever it is the government is worried about them having done being kidnapped from their homes and neighborhoods instead of being subject to the policing procedures that are common practice in the United States?
One can only assume the answer is that the way the legal system works in this country is too slow and does not generate enough splashy tabloid attention for this administration. The president clearly knows the Achilles heel of our legal system since he himself has used it to his advantage time and time again.
We must not allow these inhumane and extralegal practices to continue. We must not quietly agree to live in a country where people are kidnapped, detained, deported, or silenced because they have used their voices or their tattoos to speak their truth.
Judy Katsh
Mukilteo
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