My point is that we don’t have enough people to support our communities, especially in the central and northern parts of the state—it’s a common problem in the news. We need migrants, despite our issues with xenophobia (this “from away” mentality is really obnoxious). I’m grateful we’re a state people are moving to, instead of from. And anyone who’s fleeing destructive climate impacts gets my support and my sympathy.

I don’t think a depopulating state in desperate need of workers and a tax base is in danger of being overrun.