Donald Trump and maga Republicans lied about the purpose of deportations. Instead of "worst of the worst", it is about racism.

Opinion letter to the editor published in the Press Democrat newspaper, Santa Rosa California.

ICE activities don’t square with ‘worst of the worst’.

Dear Editor: So among the extraordinary litany of Trumpzi-ism's lies, 🤥we were told (and Republican voters believed❗) that the deportations of immigrants was going after the worst of the worst, — real criminals that were in the U.S. illegally. We were told the enforcement was targeted and warrants were issued. That doesn’t square with immigrants being picked up at scheduled immigration hearings. That doesn’t square with people being randomly accosted at gas stations or store parking lots. That doesn’t square with random traffic stops based only on the driver’s skin color. That doesn’t square when off-duty Minneapolis police officers are being stopped by ICE.

I think when they say targeted, they are using a racial profile meaning anyone who looks brown. Anyone with an accent. Even if they are here legally waiting for an asylum or citizenship hearing. 

Kristi Noem, Border Patrol’s Gregory Bovino and ICE. 💢 

I suggest anyone in Minnesota might find it necessary to carry proof of citizenship and even then might be at risk of detention.

From Lew Larson, in Sebastopol, California