Risk immigrants face to
get here is the real crime
Unlike ICE’s fear-baiting posture, Mayor Schaaf’s courageous act of warning the immigrant community (and their supporters) of ICE raids deserves emphatic commendation.
The real crime is that so many of our residents are forced to leave their homelands and cross life-threatening borders to eke out a living here. It would be more criminal to be silent.
Every legitimate study concerning public safety emphasizes the need for the trust of the community for law enforcement to be effective. As the nativist media vultures hover (e.g., Fox News, Washington Times), I look forward to the East Bay Times editorial staff weighing in squarely behind the mayor and on behalf of our most vulnerable community members.
William Joyce
Oakland
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