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“Kith” or “kin” or whatever . . . Canadian, Mexican, whatever. My father was born in Canada; the mother of my lawn guy lives in Mexico. One of my grandsons was born in Thailand and a great granddaughter was born in South Korea.

A page-one headline in The Seattle Times this morning read “Legislature OKs $340M for state’s Immigrant Relief Fund." That’s more to my way of thinking when it comes to considering who’s related to.whom.

“That brings the total allocated so far, first by Gov. Jay Inslee and then by the Legislature, to $467 million believed to make this the second largest fund of its kind in the country behind New York.

"The fund provides payments to immigrants shut out of other forms of pandemic relief, like federal stimulus checks and unemployment insurance because they are not in the country legally. California and Oregon offer similar assistance . . .”