Trump, the Military and Plans for Mass Deportation

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Protesters rallied against President-elect Donald J. Trump and his stated immigration policies in New York City this month.Credit…Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

To the Editor:

Re “Trump Confirms Plans to Use the Military to Assist in Mass Deportations” (news article, nytimes.com, Nov. 18):

Although President Biden has promised a smooth transition for Donald Trump after this election, we Americans should take strong steps, including mass protests and smart political strategies to oppose and stop all efforts of the Trump administration to conduct mass deportations of immigrants.

The former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and now Mr. Trump’s choice to be “border czar,” Thomas Homan, has said that immigrants can avoid the horrific family separation by being deported together. I guess he means that those immigrants who are here legally can choose to leave the U.S. with children and relatives who are being deported.

We Americans who value justice, liberty and morality must oppose and fight against the ruthless and fiendish plans of Mr. Trump and his acolytes, who have little respect for the traditional values of our great nation. The time to fight for justice is now, and powerful and peaceful protests should start now so Mr. Trump knows what he faces when he takes office.

Michael J. Gorman
Queens
The writer is a retired New York Police Department lieutenant.

To the Editor:

How will government officers find all those undocumented immigrants they plan to round up in the largest mass deportation of immigrants in American history?

Undocumented immigrants look no different than anyone else walking down the street. Which means that you and I — all 345 million of us in this country — are subject to being stopped and forced to prove we are here legally.

To limit the field, officers may be forced to stop only people who look “foreign.” Of course, many people born here look “foreign.” Many people who are foreign don’t look foreign. Will courts allow profiling based on appearance?

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