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The victim is clear in these two stories

Re: Supporters urge release of father held by ICE after dropping daughter off at school (March 7) and Man deported 5 times suspect in fatal crash (March 7):

The two stories on the front page should put illegal immigration into perspective. One family urging for the release of their family member and one grieving over theirs. Which story is the one that readers think should be the one that wakes us up on the reality of unchecked illegal immigration?

While one family is saying that the death of their family member could have and should have been prevented by deporting and keeping out a man with a criminal record, including DUIs, which led to the death of their daughter, another family is calling for the release of their family member, also a man with a criminal record, including a DUI, all the while saying, Were not leaving and Were bigger than ICE.

I think it is very clear which family is the true victim here and it is time for our state politicians to wake up and realize it, too.

Sisson Stewart, Lancaster

There is more blood on Muslim hands

Re: Religion and violence (Letters, Feb. 28):

A letter-writer claims that Christians have killed more people in terrorist attacks in the United States than Muslims and gives several supposed examples.

The Oklahoma City bomber was raised a Catholic as a youth, but never embraced or claimed it. Eleven people have been shot to death in abortion clinic attacks over a period of more than 20 years and a few of the killers claimed to be Christians.

None of the school or movie theater shooters were Christians; in fact, the Columbine killer specifically targeted Christians! All told, less than 10 people have been murdered by people claiming to be Christians.

From 9/11 to Little Rock, Fort Hood to Boston to San Bernardino, Muslims have murdered thousands of Americans and done so in the name of Islam, often yelling Allahu akbar at the time.

Gregg Frazer, Castaic

Arab governments fear the Palestinians

Re: A plan for the West Bank (Letters, March 10):

What letter-writer Richard Greenblatt calls Egypts and Jordans disdain for the Palestinians is more: Everyone hates and fears them, and no one wants to try to govern them.

They tried to assassinate the King of Jordan and take over the country: They were massacred. Those who managed to cross the Jordan River were taken by Israel to the Lebanese border and released.

In Lebanon they so persecuted the Christians that their victims took revenge on them in the Sabra and Shatila camps at the first opportunity.

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The Kuwaitis expelled them for collaborating with the Iraqi invaders. The Egyptians were clever enough to refuse them entry in 1948, leaving them bottled up in the Gaza Strip, which Egypt does not want to reoccupy.

The Syrians were cautious enough to keep them in camps, outside of Damascus. Jordan could have reoccupied Samaria and Judea (in propagandese, West Bank) under the peace agreement with Israel, but didnt want to.

Louis Richter, Reseda

Chemerinsky and the leftist media

Re: Lack of respect for Constitution, democracy a big worry (Erwin Chemerinsky, Feb. 23):

Professor Erwin Chemerinskys column is maddening to some of us. Here he is, the dean of a law school and he writes (and you print) a large article condemning President Trump for his unconstitutional declarations and attacks on the media.

First off, our free press has, over the last 50 years or so, become imbedded with a leftist ideology such that it is no longer free. It is more a monopolized conspiracy and Chemerinsky is a co-conspirator.

In past columns, Erwin talked about democracy when his candidate (Hillary Clinton) lost the election because the United States is a republic. Trump is the president and George W. Bush was president because we are a republic, not a democracy.

Trump is not the problem. Erwin and his ideological cohorts are the problem.

Robert Sharp, Arleta

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