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    Seeing the value of migration, not its cost

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    We allow anti-immigrant rhetoric to infiltrate our consciousness

    Article “Concerns about immigrants are changing mass politics” (Page A1, October 20) was extremely painful to read and shows how deeply anti-immigrant rhetoric has seeped into our consciousness.

    Think about your day and how immigrants have impacted and enriched your life; for example, your elderly parent’s assisted living caregiver, your child’s preschool teacher, the scientist conducting life-saving research, the staff member who makes your morning coffee or prepares your meal. your favorite restaurant or the entrepreneur who opened the new creative store in the neighborhood. Many components of your daily life are supported by immigrants and migration.

    There were about 185,000 unfilled jobs in our state If we can’t find people to come to our state in August and fill them, our economy will shrink.

    The short-term investments we make to encourage immigrants to develop their lives and careers in Massachusetts will pay off in the long term. Immigrants are the workers, consumers, taxpayers and neighbors of the future. States that realize this will be the winners.

    Kira Khazatsky

    President and CEO

    J.V.S.

    Cindy Rowe

    President and CEO

    Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action

    Boston

    Immigration costs are an investment, not a burden

    Words are important. If we allow Donald Trump to define immigration as an invasion and don’t back down, we deserve what we get.

    Immigrants contribute to the economy. They are hardworking, More law-abiding than US-born Americans and the jobs they take do not deprive others of work.

    Yes, the cost of housing and other services is high, and there may be limits to what the state can cover, but these are not sunk costs. These are investments in people. Long-term investments, but investments nonetheless. When viewed as an investment, there may be alternative ways to finance the costs.

    Christopher Haines

    Lexington

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