JALSA in State House News Service on the Value of Immigration

Written By Mathew Helman

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Cindy Rowe, president and CEO of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, told the News Service that Boston would not be the city it is today without immigrants.

"Folks who are protesting Mayor Wu and what she's doing today to stand up for immigrants may not understand the value of what immigrants have brought to our city and our state," Rowe said.

She continued, "We have 185,000 job openings in our state right now. The way we're growing is through immigration, and we don't want to see the state stagnate economically — and I don't think these folks here today would like to see that either. Immigrants are part of our communities, essential to child care, health care, restaurants, STEM. None of these things would be able to thrive without them."

Mathew Helman
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