migrants

Every year, Boston United Track & Cross Country Club, a nonprofit offering free track-and-field training, applies for a permit to use the state-run Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex in Roxbury. So, when Sekou Dilday, a track coach and treasurer with the group, discovered that their permit had been abruptly cancelled, he was confused.

Whether we observe Christmas as a religious holiday or not, we would do well to remember during this holiday season that the Christmas story is a tale of migration and compassion.

Everyone should sympathize with migrants who have been unable to thrive in their countries of origin, but it is inadvisable to enable them to enter the U.S., where elderly citizens might be vulnerable to COVID.