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Letter: Why aren’t Utah’s leaders calling out the Trump administration’s inhumane treatment of immigrants?

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students from Kearns High school stage a walk-out ICE protest on Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students from Kearns High school stage a walk-out ICE protest on Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026.

The U.S. Constitution guarantees due process to all people living in our country — citizen and noncitizen. The present administration shows zero respect for fellow human beings with inhumane treatment given to those believed here illegally.

No one would dispute that those who are here illegally should be processed.

But being rounded up like cattle, imprisoned and sent to countries not their own is cruel and unusual punishment. And that’s what immigrants and refugees are subjected to by this unscrupulous administration.

Where are our U.S. congressional representatives calling out the administration for this unethical behavior? Oh, there they are! Cowering in fear of losing their place as yes-men.

Rosemary Baron, Salt Lake City

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