ICE actions in Minnesota make me despair of humanity | Brief letters

Sadly, I fear the shocking photos of Liam Ramos will change nothing (What images of a detained five-year-old boy reveal about Trump’s draconian ICE crackdown, 22 January). I had hoped that the distressing photos of the lifeless body of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying face down in the surf might concentrate minds, and humanity could agree to tackle the refugee crisis. Nothing changed. We need to rediscover our humanity.
Jude Carr
London

It’s no longer lies, damned lies and statistics. It’s lies, damned lies and official US government statements (Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’, 24 January).
Judith Cutler
Kemble, Gloucestershire

Just to be clear – in Scotland we have turnips. When cooked and mashed they become neeps and are eaten as part of our famous national dish, haggis, neeps and tatties (Letters, 20 January). A swede is someone from Sweden.
Alex Dickie
Edinburgh

Chris Osborne calls changing the double duvet cover “wrestling with the bear” (Letters, 21 January). I always use the term “putting knickers on an elephant”, first used by the late Katharine Whitehorn.
Wyn Jeffery
Southampton

Well golly gosh, Greenland sure seems to have knocked Jeffrey Epstein off the top news agenda.
Pete Clarkson
Barnsley, South Yorkshire

It’s time to fly the Greenland flag from all available lamp-posts.
Adrian Penn
North Wraxall, Wiltshire