To the editor: I couldn’t agree more with guest contributor David J. Bier that immigration, like many other things in the country, should be subject to the rule of law ( “Voters wanted immigration enforcement, but not like this,” June 5). Prior to the Trump era, the problem was that those responsible for determining immigration policy couldn’t reach consensus on what the policy and the law should be. Well, maybe they could have if Donald Trump hadn’t intervened to block proposed bipartisan immigration legislation, just to keep the issue alive for the 2024 presidential campaign. Against that backdrop, I’m baffled that Bier doesn’t point out that, for President Trump, the chaos and the cruelty are the point.

June Ailin Sewell, Marina del Rey

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