Shaker Heights, Ohio: The latest news from Minneapolis paints a picture of a war-torn area where U.S. citizens exercising their constitutional rights of free speech and non-violent protest are being attacked by an independent “law enforcing” agency of the national government that seems to lack any respect for the rule of law or even the democratically elected local and state governments.

Presidential threats to invoke the Insurrection Act make the future look even darker. Lacking central restraint, we are left with a Congress that has failed to exercise its responsibility to wield the power of the purse. That doesn’t mean abolishing ICE; every country must enforce its immigration and customs laws. While asking it to act with wisdom is unfortunately unrealistic in the current climate, it should at least act within the law. Unfortunately, as I currently live in Ohio, I can’t count on Republican Sens. John Husted or Bernie Moreno for leadership. As a native New Yorker, I can hope that Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries block the upcoming Department of Homeland Security funding bill until ICE and Border Patrol are strictly constrained. No additional funding. No more so-called Kavanaugh stops in which federal agents can stop and detain a person based on their perceived ethnicity, spoken language and occupation. Such stops hardly pass the smell test for constitutional law, Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s attempt to walk his own words back notwithstanding.

Polls show that most Americans disapprove of how ICE handles its job. Act before others like Renee Good are killed. Restraint by voting no to unlimited DHS chaos should be popular in anyone’s home district. David Aron

Windsor, Conn.: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who fatally shot mother of three Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, can pursue legal action for defamation against individuals who have labeled him a “murderer” online and in public remarks, said Tom Homan, the White House border czar, on the “Will Cain Country” podcast. In other........

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