As a third-generation American and a deeply concerned citizen, I write to you today with an urgent plea—one grounded in both the moral conscience of our nation and the constitutional values we claim to uphold. I am appalled and heartbroken by the continued detention and mistreatment of immigrants who have not committed any crimes, and who are actively following the legal process set forth by our immigration system.
These are human beings, many of whom have fled violence, poverty, and persecution, seeking the same hope and safety that my own ancestors once sought when they came to this country. Yet we are treating them not as future citizens, neighbors, or contributors to our shared society, but as criminals—locked away in for-profit detention centers, stripped of dignity, due process, and basic human rights.
These actions are not only inhumane, they are unconstitutional. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee due process to all persons under U.S. jurisdiction—not just citizens. We are violating the very laws we claim to defend.
What’s worse, the tactics being used by certain agencies resemble the unchecked power of totalitarian regimes. This is a pattern. And history has shown us where it leads.
We, as a nation, once looked back in horror at the silence of bystanders during the atrocities of World War II. The Nuremberg Trials were a reckoning—not only for those who issued the orders, but for those who followed them without question. We cannot claim to be different if we now justify or ignore similar abuses under the guise of “security” or “policy.”
I urge you—no, I beg you—to use your position and your voice to stop these immoral practices. Demand oversight. Cease the detention of non-criminal immigrants. Uphold the Constitution not just in words, but in practice. 
My America does not jail the innocent. My America does not turn a blind eye to suffering.