Letters to the Editor | Aug. 6, 2026
Inquirer readers on immigration enforcement efforts and the SAVE America Act.
Balanced facts
Congratulations to Luis F. Carrasco for writing the most sensible column on immigration I have ever read. Both the left and the right promote those facts that favor their point of view. This is true not just on immigration, but on virtually all issues that divide our country.
How can we agree on anything if we do not share the same facts?
However, I do take exception to one point. Carrasco says he does not begrudge the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for regularly trumpeting that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained “the worst of the worst.” But who are these people?
If ICE were succeeding, the names of these arrested “worst of the worst” would be front-page news every single day. Their mug shots, alleged crimes, names, and photos would be as familiar to us as news of LeBron James’ move to Philadelphia.
Instead, we hear ICE describe grandmothers like me, who attend peaceful No Kings rallies, as “domestic terrorists.” So how can we begin to take ICE’s claims seriously?
Both sides lose when we cherry-pick our facts. Thank you, Mr. Carrasco, for reminding us that balance matters.
Rosemary McDonough, Narberth
Women disenfranchised
As we read about the SAVE America Act being attached to budget legislation, and members of the administration constantly demanding its passage, I am beyond perplexed that I don’t see, read, or hear more women discussing the difficulties ahead if this passes. Like eight out of 10 women, I took my husband’s last name, and my birth certificate obviously does not reflect that name change. But if the SAVE Act is passed by the Senate, I will not be able to vote until I can show proof of my citizenship and name change by paying for and presenting new documents. It is simply outrageous that half the country’s voters can be disenfranchised in order to “remedy” a vanishingly rare event, an event that is caught through our current state review systems. Why are we meekly standing by while our rights — which we’ve only enjoyed since 1920 — are being threatened? Women, do you want to be turned away from voting because you didn’t get reregistered with new paperwork, but men get to breeze right through?
Liese Sadler, Philadelphia
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