1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

Subject A Veteran’s Appeal to Our Shared Conscience I am a 22-year After 48 years of federal service, my wife and I chose to travel th rs—of a stronger civic spirit. Today, I see high school students s riot, to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. . What we saw gave us hope: Americans listening to one another, dis g cities, sat in town halls, and met people from every walk of life But I also grieve for it. When I think about the inhumane treatm ty stations and movies. For 12 years, we crossed small towns and bi is country and finally see the America we had only known through du nst injustice directed at any group of people. That, too, is patrio tanding up at local and citywide demonstrations, speaking out about As a veteran, a lifelong public servant, and an American who has agreeing respectfully, finding compromise, and reaching resolutions they could live with. Those travels gave us memories of better yea the treatment of people by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (IC E). I am proud of them. I am proud to see young Americans rise agai y, A Veteran and Constituent nity, due process, and human rights allow cruelty to become policy? tism. I raise the flag of the United States of America with pride. veteran. I did not serve for a job or a paycheck—I served as a pat . History will judge not our slogans, but our actions. Respectfull to the values we claim to defend? How did a nation founded on dig seen the best of this country, I urge you to reflect on this moment ent inflicted on people in our name, I ask myself—what have we done