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Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Letters to the Editor: If you can't take to the streets, financial assistance is a form of protest too
To the editor: Gustavo Arellano's column asks us to rebel smarter ('Trump wants L.A. to set itself on fire. Let's rebel smarter,' June 9). As we take to the streets, let us also act decisively to financially support the organizations and families affected by the president's reckless actions. Their next steps are to secure legal counsel, find physical safety and demand accountability from their government. Over the last few years, I have been a part of a local Latino giving circle in Los Angeles that has raised nearly half a million dollars for immigrant-serving organizations since 2017. We are currently raising more money to support our immigrant communities in need at this moment. While some of us may not be able to march against this government's actions, or choose not to for whatever reason, we all can give, no matter the amount. That too is an act of protest and a call to action for the just society that eludes us still. Pamela Wright, Los Angeles This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Letters to the Editor: If you can't take to the streets, financial assistance is a form of protest too
To the editor: Gustavo Arellano's column asks us to rebel smarter ('Trump wants L.A. to set itself on fire. Let's rebel smarter,' June 9). As we take to the streets, let us also act decisively to financially support the organizations and families affected by the president's reckless actions. Their next steps are to secure legal counsel, find physical safety and demand accountability from their government. Over the last few years, I have been a part of a local Latino giving circle in Los Angeles that has raised nearly half a million dollars for immigrant-serving organizations since 2017. We are currently raising more money to support our immigrant communities in need at this moment. While some of us may not be able to march against this government's actions, or choose not to for whatever reason, we all can give, no matter the amount. That too is an act of protest and a call to action for the just society that eludes us still. Pamela Wright, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Why fly the Mexican flag at rallys in the United States?
With the recent rallies and protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids, you've probably seen a number of flags representing Mexico and other Latin counries being waved. Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano talks about why you tend to see these flags at immigration rallies.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Letters to the Editor: Mass deportations aren't just cruel. They're expensive, too
To the editor: Gustavo Arellano's column about the Department of Homeland Security's 'sanctuary cities' list was a little entertaining ('Homeland Security's 'sanctuary city' list is riddled with errors. The sloppiness is the point,' June 3). That Huntington Beach and Santee are on it must have been a bit upsetting to those cities' leaders. But to clarify the cruelty aspect of what DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are doing: They're not merely deporting people they determine shouldn't be in this country (without due process). They're deporting people to locations where they will experience a greater chance of torture and death. And they're doing this at a huge taxpayer expense. Wouldn't deporting the people back to their home countries, likely at a much lower cost, make more sense? But it seems that imperiling their lives is more important than how much it costs. Truly American exceptionalism. Les Hartzman, Los Angeles .. To the editor: Human lives, the Constitution, her own dog: It seems they're all the same to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Get in her way and you deserve to be destroyed. Cruelty is one point, to be sure. Another is the risk we take in daring to challenge the head of a Cabinet department that is meant to protect, not endanger, us. So much for democracy. Joan Walston, Santa Monica This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
Letters to the Editor: Mass deportations aren't just cruel. They're expensive, too
To the editor: Gustavo Arellano's column about the Department of Homeland Security's 'sanctuary cities' list was a little entertaining ('Homeland Security's 'sanctuary city' list is riddled with errors. The sloppiness is the point,' June 3). That Huntington Beach and Santee are on it must have been a bit upsetting to those cities' leaders. But to clarify the cruelty aspect of what DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are doing: They're not merely deporting people they determine shouldn't be in this country (without due process). They're deporting people to locations where they will experience a greater chance of torture and death. And they're doing this at a huge taxpayer expense. Wouldn't deporting the people back to their home countries, likely at a much lower cost, make more sense? But it seems that imperiling their lives is more important than how much it costs. Truly American exceptionalism. Les Hartzman, Los Angeles .. To the editor: Human lives, the Constitution, her own dog: It seems they're all the same to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Get in her way and you deserve to be destroyed. Cruelty is one point, to be sure. Another is the risk we take in daring to challenge the head of a Cabinet department that is meant to protect, not endanger, us. So much for democracy. Joan Walston, Santa Monica
