Letters to the Editor category, Page 3
Letter to the editor: Our senators must defend us
Sen. Dave McCormick seems to think that killings and kidnappings on the streets of a major U.S. city aren’t “irresponsible” but objecting to them is. He says he wants a full investigation, but has missed that ICE is apparently actively blocking Minneapolis police from investigating these crimes, and that federal...
Letter to the editor: Republican regime destroying our country
Another beautiful soul is killed by Homeland “Security.” His loved ones are left in agony. Veterans lost someone who helped them get well or at least find comfort in their final days. I made myself watch the video of Alex Pretti trying to help a woman shoved to the ground...
Letter to the editor: Those encouraging protesters ought to join protests
To all of all phony politicians, celebrities and anyone else who encourages others to get out and protest ICE activities, you have no credibility unless you practice what you preach and join the protests. Skip Dunsworth Oviedo, Fla. The writer is formerly of Murrysville....
Letter to the editor: We can handle the truth
When I visited Independence Hall in Philadelphia and stood where our second president, John Adams, took the oath of office, I reflected on our first president’s decision to walk away from the power and prestige of the presidency in support of our democracy. I am still in awe of this...
Letter to the editor: Speak up to stop what’s happening in our country
Many, many awful things are happening in this country which frighten me severely. I came to the U.S. in 1970 and always was proud to be part of this marvelous and rather unique way of self- governing. We had everything a person would want to live their lives as they wished...
Letter to the editor: Other nonprofits should follow UPMC’s lead in helping Pittsburgh
It was heartwarming to see that UPMC set the bar high with a $10 million donation to the city of Pittsburgh for emergency vehicles (“UPMC gives $10M to Pittsburgh for ambulances, freeing up money for snowplows,” Jan. 29, TribLive). Now is the time for other nonprofits to step up and...
Letter to the editor: Kudos to Rep. Ilhan Omar for showing up
I would like to comment on the recent attack on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. While you may not agree with her political beliefs, you have to give her credit for hosting town halls in her district. In my district, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler has been a complete no-show, and clearly does not...
Letter to the editor: We must constrain Trump
What the citizens of any nation of free people should never want to see or accept is the leader of that nation assembling a private army. I believe that is what ICE has become under the current administration. The premature exoneration of agent Jonathan Ross in the killing of Renee...
Letter to the editor: Which guy did that?
Like everyone else I am sick of this guy! He is on track to return or remove 12 million illegal immigrants! Oh wait, that was Clinton. Well, I am sick of him deporting approximately 3 million illegal immigrants. Oh no, that was Obama! Well, I am sick and tired of...
Letter to the editor: Licensing immigrants keeps us all safer
Given the daily fears ICE is creating for many of us, it is more important than ever to support immigrants who are lawfully residing in our state. One way to accomplish this is for our elected state representatives to pass House Bill 1518 presented last spring (see drivingpaforward.org). This legislation...
Letter to the editor: Stop Trump’s devastation
On the invasion of Iraq, Colin Powell famously told President George W Bush, “If you break it, you own it.” That break cost the American taxpayer $2 trillion to $3 trillion and beyond. Now once again our government plays the bully, and without provocation invades a weaker country, unleashing death...
Letter to the editor: Fixing our broken immigration system
Last Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It’s worth remembering that King’s dream was never meant to be recited once a year — it was meant to be practiced. Right now, one of the most urgent places to practice it is immigration policy. Our system is broken in ways...
Letter to the editor: Defund ICE until it follows the law
This week, the country faces another shutdown due to congressional inaction. This has become the norm no matter the party in charge. This potential shutdown vote has one issue that is potentially more important than the shutdown itself, and that is continuation of funding for a group that is not...
Letter to the editor: ICE reminiscent of Gestapo, 1930s Germany
Let’s call ICE what they truly are: President Trump’s private army of thugs. They are the Gestapo of today, violent and dangerous. To paraphrase: “those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.” It’s like we are now in the Germany of the 1930s. We have a president in...
Letter to the editor: We need ICE thanks to Biden-Harris
In response to the letter “ICE are the domestic terrorists” (Jan. 20, TribLive): There would be no need for ICE if the Biden-Harris administration hadn’t let, by some counts, 12 million-plus illegal immigrants, many of whom were criminals, enter our country illegally. Do your homework! Rene A. Marquis Jeannette...
Letter to the editor: After exploiting Native Americans, we turn away others?
Let’s get this straight: Europeans came to this land and killed as many Native American men, women and children as possible. We proclaimed their land our land. We forced their few remaining children into boarding schools where we physically and sexually abused them and sometimes outright killed them. When we...
Letter to the editor: Common sense and paper ballots
In the summer, the Westmoreland County commissioners were presented with a petition asking for paper ballots in a paperless era. Five thousand signatures is all it took for Sean Kertes and Doug Chew to approve $40,000 for these ballots. Of those ballots, 3,996 were used; that’s 1,004 less than the...
Letter to the editor: Clean energy good for people and planet
I believe the majority of the Pennsylvania population would agree with Erika Strassburger’s op-ed “Clean energy provides jobs, consumer savings” (Jan. 20, TribLive). I’m glad Pittsburgh City Council sees the importance of clean energy, and I hope the state government can also set aside its cozy promises to oil and...
Letter to the editor: Trump and our military
I just finished a book “The Boys in the Light,” a true World War II story about a tank division that landed at Normandy and, after traversing northern France and Germany, rescued two Holocaust survivors months prior to the end of the war. Against orders, the division kept the refugees,...
Letter to the editor: Will Republicans stand up for the Republic?
It is now plain to me that ICE agents pushed an ER nurse to the ground, sprayed him, relieved him of his (legally carried) firearm, then panicked and shot him to death. They then left, failing to secure the crime scene, which professional law officers would have done. Before the...
Letter to the editor: Dems prioritizing others over Americans
Not often do the predictable results of the Democrats’ border policies become so obvious locally (“New Kensington-Arnold considers adding in-house ESL service, phasing out French,” Jan. 26, TribLive). The rising number of English as a second language students has required difficult decisions be made at the local level. In this...
Letter to the editor: What about the local criminals?
The Trump administration is saying they are keeping the U.S. safe from illegal immigrant rapists, murderers and drug dealers. What are state and local authorities doing about the homegrown American rapists, murderers and drug dealers? Remember Luigi Mangioni, Tyler Robinson and Matthew Crooks? The suspected homegrown local drug dealer who...
Letter to the editor: Address looming power problems now
PJM, the grid operator that serves 67 million people across 13 states, including all of Pennsylvania, is facing an unprecedented electricity demand surge due to AI data centers opening. Starting as early as summer 2026, the grid may have only enough power to remain reliable, and by June 2027, the...
Letter to the editor: Students don’t need Republican propaganda
Rep. Brian Rasel’s proposed Unraveling Socialism Act purports to address a crisis in higher education that simply does not exist. Requiring every student at a public college or university to take a mandatory class about the “threats” of communism and socialism is not education, it’s public theater. Justification by Rasel,...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s hypocrisy on Maduro, Hernandez
Did you know that on Dec. 1, President Trump issued a full pardon to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez? Hernandez was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to import cocaine and firearms into the United States, trafficking more than 400 tons of U.S.-bound cocaine. Was it the pardon...
