{"id":334358,"date":"2025-10-26T18:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T18:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/334358\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T18:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T18:08:10","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-ice-in-dallas-dallas-city-hall-sports-arenas-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/334358\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to the Editor \u2014 ICE in Dallas, Dallas City Hall, sports arenas, Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keep your money, ICE<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cCouncil members oppose ICE program \u2014 Despite push from mayor, some say partnership will erode community\u2019s trust,” Tuesday Metro & Business story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ICE and the Dallas Police Department do important work, and in normal times, cooperation and $25 million could be a good idea. But we don\u2019t live in normal times.<\/p>\n

Masked agents, raids in schools, churches and courthouses, and reckless aggression \u2014 this is not the Dallas I want to live in. <\/p>\n

I applaud our City Council members and police Chief Daniel Comeaux, who have stood up for the Police Department\u2019s independence. The offer of federal funding isn\u2019t worth turning our police force into a police state.<\/p>\n

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Robert Wiley, Dallas<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t destroy trust<\/p>\n

While sharing a duplex with a friend in Waco some years ago, our home was burglarized. A police officer arrived, dutifully scattered some fingerprint dust and filled out a report. We resigned ourselves to the likelihood that our property was gone for good.<\/p>\n

Some days later, a neighborhood police officer invited us to a meeting with the family across the street. They had seen a young man carrying items out of our house and recognized him as a neighbor. Yet, despite the officer\u2019s and our own pleas, the immigrant family wouldn\u2019t provide a written statement.<\/p>\n

From childhood, I was taught that the police officer is my friend. As an adult, I understand this is not a view universally shared \u2014 especially within minority and immigrant communities. <\/p>\n

In recent years, I\u2019ve served on the board of our neighborhood association, where we worked closely with a talented and compassionate neighborhood police officer who succeeded in building trust with immigrants in a nearby apartment complex.<\/p>\n

Trust is fragile and hard-won. So while $25 million may sound tempting, I recommend a split approach. Let federal immigration access suspects once in custody, but focus local police patrols on state and local law.<\/p>\n

Ken Duble, Dallas\/The Cedars<\/p>\n

City should team with ICE<\/p>\n

The decision by the Dallas police chief not to participate in the federal 287(g) program to assist ICE in the enforcement of the immigration laws was disappointing. <\/p>\n