Syracuse.com’s reporting shows human cost of immigration crackdown (Your Letters)

To the Editor:

As an immigration activist, I sat with others during the recent second trial and sentencing of Doris Aleman-Bonilla, the Fulton woman who was arrested for illegal reentry into the United States.

Before attending the trial, I read the Aug. 5, 2025, article by reporter Michelle Breidenbach, which discussed Aleman-Bonilla’s first trial ( “A Syracuse immigration drama: Jurors agonize over the truth, the law and a desperate mother” ). This article provided a good foundation for understanding not only the reason for the prosecution but also the fascinating and gruesome explanation of why Aleman-Bonilla came to the United States in the first place. The trial judge did not allow that explanation to be shared with the jurors in either the first or second trials. Nonetheless, en