Letters: Readers discuss Canada’s supposed open arms to immigrants and climate change

Move ’em along

When we were concerned with Syrian immigrants coming to the U.S. early last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that his country would welcome immigrants.

This being the case, I propose that the approaching caravan of Central American people headed toward the United States be given a bus ride to the Canadian border, where their entry would presumably be welcomed.

Roger Burnett

Kansas City

Affect the future

Thank you for recent coverage of Juliana v. United States. (Oct. 28, KansasCity.com, “Rallies planned in support of climate change lawsuit”)

Twenty-one brave young people are suing the government for ignoring decades of indisputable science and not taking action on climate change.

Last Monday, young people around the country rallied to show their support of this case, including dozens on University of Missouri-Kansas City campus. I was disappointed that The Star’s article did not include advocates in our own backyard.

I am a student at UMKC and one of the organizers of the local rally. My classmates and I will be directly affected by the impacts of climate change. We are already seeing some of the impacts, and they will only get worse.

It is past time for the U.S. government to act on climate change. My life is at risk in a way that climate-change deniers such as President Donald Trump and Sen. Roy Blunt will not experience. By the time the worst impacts of climate change hit, those politicians will be dead and gone, but we will be past the point of no return.

We can make the change. We need our leaders to do their jobs now.

Celesteal Clark

Kansas City