- ICE shooting in South L.A. exemplifies critics’ claim of clear recklessness across Trump administration departments, from military operations to immigration enforcement.
- Letters from Southern California residents highlight concerns about warrantless ICE invasions, excessive force and erosion of constitutional protections for immigrants and citizens.
- Federal actions from military exercises near Camp Pendleton to government shutdowns fuel accusations that the administration prioritizes enforcement over public safety and healthcare.
There is a clear pattern of recklessness by the Trump administration, transcending from one department to another of the federal government.
It ranges from the shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in South L.A. (“ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault,” Oct. 21), to firing dangerous live howitzer rounds over Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton, to using excessive military force on small boats in the Caribbean that were allegedly carrying drugs, to the closure of the federal government, stalling negotiations on the problem created by devaluing healthcare funding that will harm millions of Americans.
What is clear is that the well-being and safety of American residents, whether undocumented immigrants or legal citizens, is of no concern to President Trump and his lieutenants. We see a program of cruelty to induce fear and to target anyone who disagrees with tactics to sidestep the Constitution and rules of law.
