By Jonah Platt
You Should Be Concerned About ICE
Published by The Union, Grass Valley, on Feb. 11, 2026
ICE has been trampling on the First, Second, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights of citizens and non-citizens alike, and you should be concerned. It doesn’t take much to keep a beat of the inhumane violations of rights that have become a regular tune to this administration. ICE is detaining journalists and people documenting their crimes. People are kidnapped, imprisoned, and brutalized without respect for the rights they are owed.
Alex Pretti, Nicole Good, and Keith Porter, among others, have died at the hands of ICE. ICE, who can kill without any consequences. You should be concerned. Alex had a gun. But everyone can see it being removed from his hip before being shot and murdered. Did you know that they didn’t allow Alex or Nicole to receive medical treatment?
You should be concerned about the vile treatment of citizens and undocumented people in their concentration camps. Are you following the injustices? This affects all of us. When constitutional protections are ignored for some, they are weakened for everyone.
We, a Nevada County interfaith organization known as Earth Justice Ministries, are committed to peace, justice, and care for the earth. We demand that the Board of Supervisors take clear, actionable steps to protect our community from ICE violence and affirm the dignity and rights of all immigrants.
We urge our neighbors to join us by speaking at board meetings, engaging in community discussions, and signing our petition at www.bit.ly/nevadacountyagainstfear. Furthermore, support the Nevada County Immigrant Rights Network at earth-justice.org.
Jonah Platt, Grass Valley
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