With all of the horrible things the current administration has done in less than three months, our outrage is diluted: imposing tariffs that tank the economy and financial markets; decimating federal agencies and the exceptional federal workforce; threatening U.S. allies; and proposing budgets that will wipe out the social safety net.
Even with all of that, the worst is kidnapping hundreds of people and imprisoning them in El Salvador or the U.S. How is this different from Hitler’s concentration camps, or Iran holding 53 Americans hostage for 444 days?
I’m asking Americans to rise in outrage against this violation of fundamental constitutional rights and demand that the kidnapped be returned immediately. In addition to speaking out, I’m asking everyone to limit their spending and buy only the essentials or purchases from local businesses until the kidnapped are returned. If those held have committed crimes, then charge them, let them present a defense and let the courts decide.
Pam Bondi, you swore an oath to the constitution, and immediately broke it by expelling people without due process and by violating court orders. Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, if what you are doing is legal, why are your agents not wearing uniforms and abducting people at night? It’s because you and your agents are committing crimes.
Finally, I’m asking newspapers across the country to print the names of all of those kidnapped and incarcerated and tell their stories. If we look away, if we get distracted, who will be next?
Mary Wheeler
Durango
