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Massachusetts National Guard deployed to assist with spiraling migrant crisis as governor calls on White House
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Sep 17, 2023, 7:38:14 PM9/17/23
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011200607.html
Massachusetts National Guard members were officially deployed as "rapid
response teams" Wednesday to assist with the state's bursting migrant
shelters, as pressure mounts for President Biden to address the crisis in
the state.
The move to deploy 250 members comes as Democrat Gov. Maura Healey
declared a state of emergency several weeks ago because of the strain on
the shelter system.
"Massachusetts is in a state of emergency, and we need all hands-on deck
to meet this moment and ensure families have access to safe shelter and
basic services," Healy said in a statement.
Currently, more than 6,000 migrant families are in emergency shelters
across the state. Massachusetts is a right to shelter state, and must
provide emergency housing to families in need.
National Guard members were sent Wednesday to 40 hotels and motels that
don't have service providers. Healey said they'll coordinate access to
meals, medical care and transportation.
TEXAS GOV. ABBOTT TOUTS NEW BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTIONN AMID BIDEN
CHALLENGES OVER BUOY BARRIER
"The plan that we have in place today with the deployment of the National
Guard, which happened just last month, will put National Guard staff,
soldiers, in locations as part of a response to our non-service providers,
essentially creating rapid response teams in places that we don’t have the
ground service contractors or case management services happening on a
regular basis," Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll said Tuesday.
According to WFXT Boston 25 News, Driscoll told the Local Government
Advisory Commission that between 20 and 35 families seek shelter each day
in Massachusetts, occasionally swelling as high as 55 families, which
"creates an immediate need to try and find spaces."
"All of our typical emergency shelter sites were filled a month ago,"
Driscoll told Boston 25 News. "That means we’re filling in trying to find
locations."
The state has scrambled to find housing, opening Joint Base Cape Cod as a
temporary shelter in June. The base quickly expanded to house and support
up to 60 migrant families, but Driscoll said that it "filled up within two
days."
DHS WATCHDOG FINDS OFFICIALS RELEASE 177,000 MIGRANTS INTO US WITH MISSING
OR FAULTY ADDRESSES
The immigration crisis has prompted blue state Democrats like Healey to
lean on the president to do more about the crisis for months.
Healey first declared a state of emergency in August, calling for more
funding and help from the federal government.
ABBOTT PROMISES ‘EVEN MORE BUSES’ IF BIDEN ADMIN PUSHES REPORTED PLAN TO
KEEP MIGRANTS IN TEXAS
"Many of these families are migrants to Massachusetts, drawn here because
we are and proudly have been a beacon to those in need," she wrote in a
letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
She also blamed "a confusing tangle of immigration laws, an inability for
migrants to obtain work authorization from the federal government, an
increase in the number of people coming to Massachusetts, and the lack of
an affordable housing supply in our state."
Healey called for Mayorkas to press Congress and use executive action to
remove barriers for work permits for migrants, "address our outdated and
punitive immigration laws" and to provide additional financial assistance
to the state.
Following Massachusetts' cries for assistance, Boston received a $1.9
million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help
migrants with shelter and transportation.
Healey's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request
for comment.
https://news.yahoo.com/massachusetts-national-guard-deployed-assist-
011200607.html
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011200607.html
Massachusetts National Guard members were officially deployed as "rapid
response teams" Wednesday to assist with the state's bursting migrant
shelters, as pressure mounts for President Biden to address the crisis in
the state.
The move to deploy 250 members comes as Democrat Gov. Maura Healey
declared a state of emergency several weeks ago because of the strain on
the shelter system.
"Massachusetts is in a state of emergency, and we need all hands-on deck
to meet this moment and ensure families have access to safe shelter and
basic services," Healy said in a statement.
Currently, more than 6,000 migrant families are in emergency shelters
across the state. Massachusetts is a right to shelter state, and must
provide emergency housing to families in need.
National Guard members were sent Wednesday to 40 hotels and motels that
don't have service providers. Healey said they'll coordinate access to
meals, medical care and transportation.
TEXAS GOV. ABBOTT TOUTS NEW BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTIONN AMID BIDEN
CHALLENGES OVER BUOY BARRIER
"The plan that we have in place today with the deployment of the National
Guard, which happened just last month, will put National Guard staff,
soldiers, in locations as part of a response to our non-service providers,
essentially creating rapid response teams in places that we don’t have the
ground service contractors or case management services happening on a
regular basis," Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll said Tuesday.
According to WFXT Boston 25 News, Driscoll told the Local Government
Advisory Commission that between 20 and 35 families seek shelter each day
in Massachusetts, occasionally swelling as high as 55 families, which
"creates an immediate need to try and find spaces."
"All of our typical emergency shelter sites were filled a month ago,"
Driscoll told Boston 25 News. "That means we’re filling in trying to find
locations."
The state has scrambled to find housing, opening Joint Base Cape Cod as a
temporary shelter in June. The base quickly expanded to house and support
up to 60 migrant families, but Driscoll said that it "filled up within two
days."
DHS WATCHDOG FINDS OFFICIALS RELEASE 177,000 MIGRANTS INTO US WITH MISSING
OR FAULTY ADDRESSES
The immigration crisis has prompted blue state Democrats like Healey to
lean on the president to do more about the crisis for months.
Healey first declared a state of emergency in August, calling for more
funding and help from the federal government.
ABBOTT PROMISES ‘EVEN MORE BUSES’ IF BIDEN ADMIN PUSHES REPORTED PLAN TO
KEEP MIGRANTS IN TEXAS
"Many of these families are migrants to Massachusetts, drawn here because
we are and proudly have been a beacon to those in need," she wrote in a
letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
She also blamed "a confusing tangle of immigration laws, an inability for
migrants to obtain work authorization from the federal government, an
increase in the number of people coming to Massachusetts, and the lack of
an affordable housing supply in our state."
Healey called for Mayorkas to press Congress and use executive action to
remove barriers for work permits for migrants, "address our outdated and
punitive immigration laws" and to provide additional financial assistance
to the state.
Following Massachusetts' cries for assistance, Boston received a $1.9
million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help
migrants with shelter and transportation.
Healey's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request
for comment.
https://news.yahoo.com/massachusetts-national-guard-deployed-assist-
011200607.html
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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