Should cities sue ICE on behalf of people in the country illegally?

Re: “Time for Denver to haul ICE into court,” June 20 guest commentary.

I have been a Denver Post subscriber for 27 years, but your clear non-journalistic allegiance to everything antiTrump has become unbearable for your objective readers. The guest commentary by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández on suing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency over its enforcement of long-standing federal immigration law is only the latest example. Although he admits there is no federal or state law on his side, he advocates that Denver hire teams of expensive lawyers on the taxpayers’ dime to argue cases with no hope of successful outcome.

Such preference for breaking and denying the law is the core theme in the Democrats’ ongoing “resistance” policy, and Denver’s decision to become a “sanctuary city” is part of the lawlessness promoted nationwide by the Democratic Party. Endorsing anarchy in this and many other ways must surely have contributed to the Democrats’ loss of more than 1,000 seats since 2010. Hopefully, still more losses are ahead. James Steven Holloway, Lakewood

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The first sentence of César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández’s guest commentary indicates exactly what he is missing in the rest of the article. He states, “Under President Trump, ICE has displayed an unprecedented aggressiveness towards those in the country illegally.”

Is there something wrong with aggressively going after persons who have broken the law? Should the authorities not aggressively go after the person who molests a neighbor’s child? Should the authorities not aggressively go after robber who holds up the corner market?

Hernández seems to want to choose which persons who commit illegal acts should be gone after and which should be left to roam the streets. When you break the law, you have committed a crime and should be arrested. I, for one, would like to see law enforcement personnel aggressively go after any and all people who break our laws. Without the law, we have anarchy. Walt Schmick, Littleton