Enforcing security at border is vital

I commend Newsday for its coverage on illegal immigration ["The effects, big and small, here on LI," News, June 28].

But does deporting 1% of the illegal immigrant population on Long Island really have that great of an effect? The people and their families  who entered the United States illegally or violated their visas. They broke the law so they must be deported.

It is not the enforcement of the immigration laws that needs to be changed but the laws themselves. The Biden administration didn't enforce the immigration laws nor did they secure the border. This failure  to enforce the law has led to the problems we have today. Many of theissues cited about arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement   are true,  but there are other problems caused by illegal immigration: housing shortages, crime, food shortages at pantries, cheap labor, and overcrowding of classrooms and emergency rooms.

One must be fair, knowledgeable and put all factors before the public if we are to solve this crisis successfully.

John Romano, Baldwin

Immigrants help our sick elders

Many Haitian immigrants came to this country through the Temporary Protected Status program  under the Biden administration. The program gave these men and women a chance to escape gang violence. They were trained to fill jobs in healthcare.

Even though TPS was created as a temporary solution, the danger in Haiti still remains. It would be inhumane to force them to return.

As the wife of a man battling Parkinson's disease and dementia, I know that home healthcare agencies are scrambling to find people who are willing to take care of the many elderly Long Islanders like my husband  who need their services.

We have been blessed with aides from Haiti who have helped me keep my husband in our home. Without their help, my husband would have had to be placed in a nursing home. That would be heartbreaking for our family.

Patricia Kenny, Hicksville