Letters to the Editor | July 10, 2025

Imagine being stopped by an unmarked car and asked to step out of your vehicle by a masked and armed man. The man refuses to identify himself, reveal his agency, or show a badge. Imagine your fright, especially if you are a woman.

Now imagine immigration agents, wearing masks, arresting people without warrants, on private property without permission, in courthouses after charges are dropped, refusing to show warrants, refusing to identify their agency, or to show a badge.

Instead of asking the suspect to submit, they gang tackle them on sidewalks and streets without thinking of any potential injuries. They forcibly throw handcuffed people into vehicles without regard for their safety.

Criminals are dressing in a similar fashion and committing violent crimes. How does one identify law enforcement? Immigration agents have pointed guns at witnesses for the simple, audacious act of filming them. Will tragedy follow when a person believes they are truly being threatened by criminals? Will an immigration agent shoot or kill someone who, believing they are in danger, takes action in self-defense against agents who refuse to identify themselves?

Democrats want to pass a bill requiring immigration agents to identify themselves and their agency. Support their bill.

Gerald Koren, Exton

Bernie Sanders has said Donald Trump is a pathological liar, and it is true. Just Tuesday, at a White House meeting, Trump said the price at the pump was around $1.98 per gallon. Anyone who pays for their own gas knows that is a lie. He has said this before, so we know it is not a mistake. I went for a short ride to check prices and found that prices in the Lansdale area ranged from $3.19 to $3.29 per gallon. And that happens to be the average around the country. The lowest price, in Mississippi, is $2.71 per gallon. Maybe this lie is not a big deal to some people, particularly his MAGA followers, but it’s a prime example of how lying is such an important part of his daily activity. It begs the question: How can anyone, or any nation, for that matter, believe anything he says? When will the media finally rise up and take him to task for the many lies he spews?

Thomas Skudlarek, Lansdale

The death toll — 100 souls and counting — from the Texas flash flood continues.

More than 550 employees were let go from the National Weather Service by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency. Now, Democratic senators are calling for an investigation into whether the president’s efforts to reduce the workforce played a role in the tragedy. Who knows what other consequences may result from the president’s unrestrained, autonomous cuts? The U.S. Supreme Court is wrong to suggest the Oval Office should be free to make such reductions without congressional approval.

Tom Dwyer, Hollywood, Pa.

On America’s birthday, Sen. John Fetterman took to Facebook and disparaged us regular folks in his own party, many of whom worked to get him elected. He referenced a poll reporting that only 36% of Democrats are extremely or very proud of their country. In a climate right now where people have literally been assassinated for being Democrats, what is he thinking by posting something like this? What is the percentage of Republicans who are also not particularly proud of our state of affairs? And is it a bad thing that we are expressing our displeasure? You can love your country and still be disappointed in the current climate and leadership.

Jen Reger Murphy, Ridley Park

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