Dear Editor:

I’m writing about the offensive Immigration Matters article, published on 12/30. I don’t usually agree with this writer’s opinions, but value the freedom to express oneself. However, publishing falsehoods (Kashoggi was a noted journalist and did publish with the Washington Post) is not okay. He was a visible critic of the Saudi government and his brutal death, while it may be an everyday event for the Saudis (who now have many women facing the death penalty for actively supporting women’s rights to drive, to be equal members of society), is something to be publicized and acted on. Surely as a journalist you are aware of the danger journalists face countering powerful opposition. I don’t know the exact number of journalists killed this year, but to normalize that by saying it’s an everyday event and on the other side of the world is not just reckless, poor journalism. I guess I wonder why most of the people who are so upset about the immigration issue are so filled with hate.

Michele Connelly