I read Margaret Hight’s opinion letter from the Jan. 25 paper (“Mainers should step back and let ICE agents do their job“). She says, “Somalians who aren’t doing anything wrong should also have nothing to worry about.” This is either a naive statement or a willful disregard of the facts.

Somalians, along with other lawful immigrants, are being detained, pulled out of cars and taken from their homes — even if they have proof that they are here legally. Then, they are taken away to places like Texas, and because they have done nothing wrong, are then released and somehow have to make their way back home, perhaps thousands of miles away in the United States.

Doing nothing wrong does not protect us from unlawful search and seizure by ICE agents, or should I say storm troopers.

Deborah Schneider
Falmouth