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I am writing to express my concern over the incredibly troubling situation with Immigration Customs Enforcement and the Trujillo family.

Our neighbors deserve better than to live in fear of deportation. From all I've read, Maribel Trujillo is an asset to her community, she has a worker's permit and is in the process of getting asylum status. Regardless, she is a human, a woman, and a mother, and my heart breaks for her and her family. I could not fathom the pain of being torn from my children. As a teacher who works daily with children of immigrants, I've seen first hand the fear and anxiety that this administration and it's emboldening of ICE has wrought.

Thank you for illuminating the community to this terrible situation. I hope others will join me in writing our representatives, and rallying on behalf of the Trujillo family and all immigrant families who may now feel unwelcome in this country. You are wanted. You are welcome. Our hearts and doors are open.

Alison Rampa, Hamilton Ohio

Deportation of Trujillo not a U.S. value

I was extremely distressed to read about Maribel Trujillo. This is a woman who fled drug gangs in Mexico (the gangs which kidnapped her father and tried to recruit her children), who has never committed a crime, who is active in her parish church, and who is the sole breadwinner for her disabled husband and her children. She has been trying for years to legalize her status. How can any president or political party which claims to support family values be so cruel and callous as to separate her from her husband and children?

Patricia Wittberg, East Price Hill



Trump harms families, not deporting criminals

What Immigration Customs Enforcement is doing to Maribel Trujillo and her family is disgraceful. As a Sister of Charity, I work closely with many local Latino immigrants like Maribel. They are hard-working people of faith and assets to our community. The Trump administration has assured us they are deporting criminals, but it is a lie. Maribel poses no threat to anyone; deporting her is a threat to the well-being of her four children. Where are our family values? Where is our respect for life? I urge ICE to make the morally right decision: Release Maribel and stop her deportation.

Tracy Kemme, Price Hill

Writer deflects from Russian election interference

R.C. Push (“Unbiased media can hold politicians accountable” April 7) writes that news reporting is downright scary. Push is confusing media and reporting. Some media (Fox, Russian TV) masquerades as reporting.

It is evident where Push goes for information in his next paragraph. Push asserts that “someone” has used government agencies to spy on U.S. citizens or political adversaries. This statement is untrue. This is an attempt at deflection from the Russian interference in our election of 2016. Some in the administration (and its backers) do not want this subject to be investigated. Why?

Fake news was part of the Russian effort and it is part of the deflection to hide what happened.

Randy Stebbins, Goshen