[Below is a response to a column by Daniel Suddeath, Editor of the News and Tribune in Jeffersonville, IN, that appeared in the Kokomo Tribune on 10/30/2025 and was headed: “Our heritage doesn’t justify hate, demonization of migrants”]
Daniel:
I just read your column on migrants in the October 30th issue of the Kokomo Tribune. My conclusion: you just don’t get it. There is no hate or demonization of illegal “migrants” as you claim; but illegal aliens are in violation of U.S. law.
It is not the late 1800s or the early 1900s when mass legal migration mostly from Europe to the United States took place. It is 2025. The fact is the millions of illegal aliens in this country have broken federal law. Many, if not most, have not the qualifications required of legal immigrants…. can’t speak English, little formal education, and know little or nothing about the history and traditions of the United States of America. And we have already seen the negative effects on taxpayers’ social services, schools, and health care. Time to go back to home countries and start over: legally.
You mention Muslims. Have you taken a look at what has happened in Europe with the mass migration of largely illegal Muslim immigrants into those countries? Europe was once a collection of Christian countries that had to defeat Muslim armies hundreds of years ago. Now with the mass migration that has occurred, those same countries are faced with all sorts of negative consequences.
The Unites States of America and European countries were and are based on Judeo-Christian principles. That is history. The fact is Christianity may not be compatible with Islam. Take a look at Dearborn, Michigan. And take a look, too, at what is going on in New York City. Zohran Mamdani is dangerous.
Finally, more and more people, immigrants or otherwise, don’t make for desirable growth. I don’t think we want the USA to look like China or India; at least I don’t.
So, please pull your head out of the sand.