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Grace Ross on Immigration |
ROSS: In fact, immigrants who work here pay taxes here. Most of the taxes we're all paying are property taxes and things like that, they pay all of those things. The issue is why there isn't enough money for tuition in general. We've listened to all these stories, oh I'm going to cut a little bit here, or oh, we're going to roll back the income tax. We're blaming immigrants for state policy that's hurt all of us.
ROSS: Well it's funny, of course it's about jobs. This issue never gets raised except when there aren't enough jobs and the jobs aren't paying enough. So what we really need to look at is what's happened to our economy. Cities and towns are starved for money. We can't afford our rents. Then we end up fighting about some immigrants.
A: YES, absolutely and I have worked in support of its passage. Denying children here (many of whom have no pathway to gain citizenship right now), many of whom have grown up here, only ensures that these now young adults will have no way to participate economically and contribute their greatest potential to their and all of our benefit.