To the editor: Whereas some Democrat leaders have been rising a spine in supporting immigrant communities towards the continuing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, I couldn’t assist however suppose that a lot of the struggling skilled by immigrants at this time might have been averted (“Trump officers vow to accentuate immigration raids regardless of authorized challenges, unhealthy polls, public backlash,” July 14). Allow us to always remember that from 2009-2010, the Democrats managed each the presidency and Congress however didn’t move immigration reform. President Obama’s advisors would later state that he was too busy attempting to save lots of the U.S. economic system.
At the moment, the Democrats positive might use the hundreds of thousands of future voters they could have gotten had they handed immigration reform again then. Certainly, maybe these hundreds of thousands of latest voters may need made the distinction for Democrats in 2016 and 2024. As a substitute, Obama would go away workplace with the nickname “deporter-in-chief.”
Salvador Jimenez, Los Angeles
