Re: “Sanctuary policies endanger visitors to cities like Denver,” March 13 editorial.
I understand the frustration some feel if an error by the Denver Sheriff Department results in the release on bond of an immigrant charged with vehicular homicide before ICE agents arrive to take him into custody. But a letter-writer’s fear about coming to events in Denver because of the “dangerous illegal aliens … are free to roam Denver streets” is an extreme distortion of reality. Undocumented immigrants living in our communities are in fact much less likely than non-immigrants to commit crimes.
The stepped-up raids by immigration officials, supposedly focused on “dangerous criminals,” in fact deport and separate from their families many good people with no violent criminal record. The four women now living publicly in sanctuary in Colorado churches and a synagogue are good examples, along with many others living in the shadows, of people who have been in this country for years, contributing to our society. They deserve to stay here with their children and pursue a legal path to citizenship.
Eric Wright, Denver
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