Letters to the Editor: Mass deportations aren’t just cruel. They’re expensive, too

To the editor: Gustavo Arellano’s column about the Department of Homeland Security’s “sanctuary cities” list was a little entertaining ( “Homeland Security’s ‘sanctuary city’ list is riddled with errors. The sloppiness is the point,” June 3). That Huntington Beach and Santee are on it must have been a bit upsetting to those cities’ leaders.

But to clarify the cruelty aspect of what DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are doing: They’re not merely deporting people they determine shouldn’t be in this country (without due process). They’re deporting people to locations where they will experience a greater chance of torture and death. And they’re doing this at a huge taxpayer expense.

Wouldn’t deporting the people back to their home countries, likely at a much lower cost, m