Concerning “With immigrants, elections are too personal: many fear being separated, sent back» (Page A1, October 30): The Trump campaign’s attacks on “illegal” immigrants have impacts far beyond the undocumented immigrant community. At the International Institute of New England, we support refugees and immigrants who have entered the United States legally after fleeing unimaginable dangers; they seek nothing other than security and contributing to the country that welcomed them.

Every day, our staff, more than half of whom are immigrants themselves, performs the impossible task of communicating to families the ever-changing immigration policies that affect their survival and that could become much crueler under a second Trump administration. Donald Trump. Our clients are deeply concerned that the xenophobic policies proposed by the Trump campaign will strip them of their legal status and that if he wins this election, they risk being deported, persecuted, violent and even killed during a forced return to their country of origin.