You paper is the most outrageous piece of garbage.
Instead of reporting news, you trash Trump daily. Letters to the editor are 99% anti-Trump. Your editorials are 100% anti-Trump. A newspaper should just report news and let readers decide how they feel.
I sure would like to know where you get your poll numbers on President Trump. I’ve seen none of his major accomplishments published prominently, such as the return of the hostages in Gaza; they would have died there. No one else was trying.
His persistent attack on drugs pouring into this country. His tirelessly working with Ukraine and Russia to stop the killing.
He’s all over the world talking to leaders — and you have the audacity to claim he’s slipping? It couldn’t be further from the truth.
Did Joe Biden ever get past Delaware? He sure as hell didn’t sign more than 2,000 pardons at 4 in the morning.
Your paper is a disgrace!
Nancy Gasser, Delray Beach
(Editor’s Note: As noted before, published letters reflect what we receive from readers. Praise and criticism of Trump and of this newspaper are welcome here. As for polls, Trump’s latest disapproval rating is 59% in a CNN poll; 58% (NBC News); 57% (Reuters-Ipsos); and 57% (The Economist.)
When arrests are paramount
The Trump administration frames its actions around simple, well-intentioned goals: Secure the border, end catch and release, increase deportation and target criminals and threats. This undoubtedly resonates with his base, particularly those who view cheap, foreign labor as the reason their jobs vanished years ago — a complex issue perhaps undercut by the president’s own former employment practices at Mar-a-Lago, which once relied heavily on foreign workers.
On the ground, it’s a much darker picture, one that has drawn international condemnation, including a rebuke from Pope Leo, who called the policies “extremely disrespectful.”
Reports highlight the chilling efficiency of the enforcement dragnet. It seems the most important motivator in these immigration stings is arrests, regardless if a crime has been committed. Arrests are paramount.
Border Patrol is using sophisticated technology to track and pull over vehicles based on “suspicious” travel patterns. Yet the data reveals a fundamental discrepancy between the rhetoric and outcomes. According to The Migration Policy Institute, a stark 71% of ICE detainees, as of September, had no criminal convictions. Most of the rest were detained for minor offenses like traffic violations.
If the goal is truly to catch dangerous criminals, why are so many innocent people being swept up, splitting families and filling detention centers?
The answer, critics argue, lies in the money trail leading directly from federal enforcement policies to the bank accounts of the private prison industry. As the former assistant editor at Human Rights Defense Center, publisher of periodicals on the inmate population, I have learned a lot about the industry. Companies such as CoreCivic and GEO Group (based in Boca Raton), contract with the government to run correctional and detention facilities for profit.
Jordan Arizmendi, Pompano Beach
The penny dilemma
A great editorial about the penny (“A penny for your … well, your pennies,” Editorial, Dec. 13).
Rounding up (to the nearest nickel) sounds convenient, but should the public simply accept paying more, even if it’s only a small amount? The principle of the matter tells me no.
So in solidarity with the Sun Sentinel editorial, I will be cashing in my change, in hopes of delaying a rounding-up cost increase.
Over time, it all adds up. Thanks, Sun Sentinel, for spotlighting the penny dilemma.
John Dowless, Orlando
Save the bears
Stop the murders of our bears, and of all animals!
Maria Ramos, Miami
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