To the Editor:
Re “Trump Wavers on Due Course of Rights Beneath the Structure” (information article, Might 5):
On Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump swore an oath to “protect, defend and defend the Structure of america. So assist me God.”
On Might 2, 2025, when requested whether or not he wanted to “uphold the Structure of america,” the president answered, “I don’t know,” and referred to his “sensible attorneys.”
If the president wants a lawyer to know that the oath he took requires him to uphold the Structure, God assist us all.
Jonathan Maskit
Granville, Ohio
The author teaches political philosophy at Denison College.
To the Editor:
What’s unfolding earlier than us just isn’t exhausting to acknowledge. These are the techniques of authoritarian regimes: erasing due course of, weaponizing immigration enforcement and outsourcing cruelty to international strongmen.
That the Trump administration is proudly funding the detention of innocents in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Heart, often known as CECOT — a spot that meets each definition of a focus camp — is a grotesque betrayal of American values and human decency.
Worse nonetheless is the silence. Too many in our authorities and within the public appear extra disturbed by fluctuations within the inventory market than by the collapse of the rule of regulation or the torture of fellow human beings. Are we so numbed by spectacle and partisanship that we can not see the peril proper in entrance of us?
This isn’t nearly migrants. It’s about all of us. The rights and protections we take without any consideration imply nothing if they are often so simply ignored. Immediately, it’s Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Tomorrow, it might be any individuals who discover themselves inconvenient to energy.
If we’re to protect any semblance of a democratic society, we should name this what it’s: lawlessness, cruelty and a risk to the American Republic. We should act — via protest, the courts and above all, the poll field — earlier than it’s too late.
Robert Stewart
Chantilly, Va.
Immigration Questions
To the Editor:
Re “Trump Is Going Too Far in Amassing His Energy, Most Voters in Ballot Say” (entrance web page, April 26):
Whereas the outcomes of the New York Instances/Siena School ballot recommend that help for President Trump’s immigration insurance policies is waning considerably, the article suggests that almost all Individuals nonetheless help deportation.
Maybe the polls ought to be asking a extra nuanced set of questions that might drive respondents to deal with the truth of undocumented staff and the results of mass deportation.
Listed below are some ideas:
1. If undocumented immigrants are deported, are you personally keen to:
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Do their job milking cows and shoveling manure on a dairy farm?
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Journey from farm to farm choosing fruit all 12 months?
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Course of rooster in a substandard meatpacking plant?
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Deal with poisonous waste at a catastrophe website?
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Use a leaf blower all day in 100-degree temperatures?
2. If the reply to any of those questions is not any, who do you assume ought to try this work?
3. What ought to the federal government do to or for individuals who do these jobs to help your individual way of life, well being and well-being?
Leslie Turpin
Westminster West, Vt.
Compassion for Seniors
To the Editor:
Re “Overhaul Dismantles the Company Working Meals on Wheels” (information article, April 25):
I’m a 74-year-old girl who delivers for Meals on Wheels to senior residents in Orange County, Calif. Two of the folks on my route of 9 are turning 100 this 12 months. One is a fiercely impartial Asian girl, and the opposite a British girl who all the time calls “Are available, love!” once I ring the bell. They reside alone. They will not store for groceries or stand to prepare dinner. However they get pleasure from being impartial and recognize the meals I deliver.
President Trump, please don’t make them go away their houses. It could be merciless. Have some compassion in your elders.
Rebecca Allen
Laguna Hills, Calif.
