Divided family, broken law

Re “A family’s painful split decision,” Column One, April 27

So Abel Munoz and Zulma Miranda decided to stay after entering the U.S. on a temporary visa, with Miranda already pregnant -- what bravado. Therein lies the decision that has led to such pain and anguish. Is the presence of illegal immigrants in the U.S. a humanitarian issue? On some levels, I don’t think so.

RUSS WILSON

San Diego

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There you go again. You publish a sympathy piece, above the front-page fold, flagrantly selling your pro-illegal-immigrant viewpoint. The parents took a risk-reward approach when they illegally stayed in the U.S. After some years of reward, the risk they took came back to bite them, and they were deported. The fact that the family is now split is the result of taking that risk. Where is The Times’ compassion for those of us who are here legally? Our rewards are to pay, in both deteriorating quality of life and a great deal of money, for the risks taken by the waves of illegals who have broken into our country.

ROGER NICHOLSON

Irvine

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Families get torn apart every day by their criminal parents who are sent to jail, often for years. Munoz and Miranda also are lawbreakers, and the law should apply equally to all.

JANICE GAMMILL

Costa Mesa