Migrant influx

As I read of the latest idea by the Healey Administration in dealing with the lack of available shelter beds (“Maxed out to MassDOT,” Boston Herald, Nov. 21), it appears that Maura Healey has no idea how to fix the issue of migrants flowing into the Bay State. Instead of focusing on the reason for the influx of homeless migrants like demanding that the Biden White House close the border, Healey pretends the open border has nothing to do with the problem. She should be demanding that the feds step in with the financing needed to fix what they won’t  fix in Washington, DC.

Now we see the latest strategy is to open up part of the state transportation department building in Park Square to homeless families and give them a place to sleep at night until some bed somewhere opens up. However, where will these folks be going during daylight hours? Your guess it is as good as mine or Governor Healey’s.

However, I am thinking the transportation building does make sense since the migrants are in transit now after passing through our porous borders.

Why not let the state transportation department be the last stop for these travelers?

No one, especially our liberal Democrats, wish to see sleeping bags and blankets stretched out at Logan Airport terminals. The optics are very bad for Bay State Democratic officials.

Where is the spine of our Democrat leaders? Why are they so afraid of putting Biden on the spot for this mess? Immigration is a federal issue and the crisis we are facing belongs on Capitol Hill, not Beacon Hill.

Sal Giarratani

East Boston

Biden approval

In 2020 Joseph Robinette Biden’s presidential platform consisted of climate change, criminal justice reform, the economy, education, healthcare and immigration.

Of the six, the president has done a good job on healthcare and having COVID 19 under control and a fair job on climate change by stopping crude oil production and focusing on the Green New Deal. But Mr. President, those other four on your platform, you have failed dramatically and that’s why your approval rating is 39%. The two biggest issues are immigration and the economy and you can’t blame anyone but yourself for what’s happened and remember what President Harry S. Truman said “The Buck Stops Here.”

Tony Meschini

Scituate

Climate trouble

Your report on carbon emissions and climate is full of numbers, which can sometimes be hard to take in. But the bottom line is easy: if we don’t make some drastic changes, we are in big, big trouble.

So what can average folks do?  We can vote for climate hawks (and not for people who take money from the fossil fuel industry.)  We can call, write, and email our leaders, pushing them to move faster. We can join a climate organization to magnify our voices. We can reject arguments that climate action “costs too much” (compared to what? Catastrophe?)

Let’s go.

Susan Donaldson

Northampton