Have you ever asked yourself, “If I had been alive during the Holocaust what would I have done? If I had been alive during slavery, what would I have done? If I had been alive during the battle for equal rights for all Americans, what would I have done?” Well, we each are doing it right now. We are witnessing the slow and deliberate “genocide” of American democracy.
Ask yourself, “Am I being driven by love of my country and her people or fear of those with darker skin?”
We need ICE agents, border patrol agents, all law enforcement, to be adequately trained and reasonably seasoned and experienced in dealing professionally and compassionately with others.
We need men and women who lead using their hearts and their heads, using reason and compassion instead of fear of others.
By all means, go after the criminal element, no matter what their race, but that needs to be applied equitably to culture and color. We all win if we recognize racism, work together to respect differences, and nurture democracy as it was intended.
Ethel Landers
Arroyo Grande
This article appears in Feb 5-12, 2026.
Good luck with that, each culture brings an agenda with it, and the one from south of our border brings the ambition to overthrow ourselves government and install a theocracy and redirect the Holy Roman Empire here within our borders. Doing so will begin by mobilizing their adherents to vote for candidates of the sane faith and once in office, vote to change the nature of the religious tax exemptions given to churches. They will only allow this exemption for churches with member that match their own. This will wipe out the Protestant values and faith of Protestants and empower the religion of those sneaking across our southern border at night. Look at all the nations south of our border, they are failed states, and why? Because they are not Protestant, they are under the dominion of that religion, 2000 years old based in Rome. Build the wall.