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Mass. mayor calls to change state's 'right-to-shelter' law amid migrant crisis: 'Don't have endless capacity'
Fox News ^ | 9/12/23 | Gabriel Hays

Posted on 09/12/2023 1:23:52 AM PDT by Libloather

Massachusetts towns are facing a "reality check" straining to provide for crowds of migrants seeking shelter in the state, according to the New York Times.

A report from the Times Sunday detailed how the small town of Woburn, Massachusetts, and other areas in the state have been struggling to meet the demand of the migrant crisis amid the state's "right-to-shelter law."

The article characterized the locals’ plight, stating, "Barely two weeks had passed since the migrant crisis arrived in their city of 40,000 people, 10 miles northwest of Boston, but the volunteers gathered at a church in Woburn on a recent evening sounded battle weary."

It continued: "The small group of locals… had stepped up to help some 80 migrant families whom the state placed in Woburn hotels last month. Determined to offer a warm welcome, the volunteers had quickly discovered the daunting complexity of meeting basic needs, a reality check also underway elsewhere in the state and nation."

The Times noted that Massachusetts’ unique "right-to-shelter law" has only compounded the problem, stating, "In Massachusetts, the only state with a right-to-shelter law that guarantees every family with children a place to stay, the crisis has been accelerating, with more than 80 cities and towns receiving migrants to date."

Woburn Mayor Scott Galvin, a Democrat, is sounding the alarm about the law. According to the Times, "He said the situation was not sustainable, and called for state legislators to consider changes to the 40-year-old right-to-shelter law, which he said was ‘passed at a different time, and was not meant to cover what we’re seeing now.’"

Galvin described what his town has been facing, "We’re going above and beyond, while some communities around us are not being impacted, and we don’t have endless capacity in our schools."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: aliens; crisis; housing; invasion; lol; massachusetts; mayor; sanctuarytowns; shelter
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Illegal aliens are not welcomed? Still plenty of room at Martha's Vineyard.
1 posted on 09/12/2023 1:23:52 AM PDT by Libloather
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I spent a week in Woburn (business-related) back in the 1990s. It’s an interesting area.

On housing in the community...just a lot of tight control on building permits, so I doubt (20 years later) that they can handle even a hundred folks appearing out of thin air, and demanding ‘housing’ (other than hotels).

I’d also cite cost of living, and unless you had some skillcraft or special education....you won’t make enough to survive under normal circumstances there. Woburn folks might as well hand a cross-country bus-ticket to the migrants and tell them that SF is ‘best’ in the winter months.


2 posted on 09/12/2023 1:41:54 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

Virtue signalling coming home to roost. Stupid democrats.


3 posted on 09/12/2023 2:16:06 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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They dont sound so “tolerant and compassionate” now.


.......volunteers gathered at a church in Woburn on a recent evening sounded battle weary. The small group of locals… had stepped up to help some 80 migrant families whom the state placed in Woburn hotels last month.

Determined to offer a warm welcome, the volunteers had quickly discovered the daunting complexity of meeting basic needs, a reality check also underway elsewhere in the state and nation.”

The Times noted that Massachusetts’ unique “right-to-shelter law” has only compounded the problem, stating, “In Massachusetts, the only state with a right-to-shelter law that guarantees every family with children a place to stay, the crisis has been accelerating, with more than 80 cities and towns receiving migrants to date.”

Woburn Mayor Scott Galvin, a Democrat, is sounding the alarm about the law. According to the Times, “He said the situation was not sustainable, and called for state legislators to consider changes to the 40-year-old right-to-shelter law, which he said was ‘passed at a different time, and was not meant to cover what we’re seeing now.’”


4 posted on 09/12/2023 2:23:58 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Libloather

Send 20 million to the liberals... let’s see how they deal with that.


5 posted on 09/12/2023 2:24:13 AM PDT by GOPJ (Our side must NOT work with democrats. Or we'll Bud Light them...)
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To: Libloather

So MA doesn’t have a homeless problem? Because of this law?

Huh...https://apnews.com/article/homelessness-boston-tent-encampment-d59d3739910566f96d50d72e2ad476c0

Suks to be a sanctuary, now don’t it?


6 posted on 09/12/2023 2:43:44 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: Libloather

Sanctuary city and ‘right to shelter’ seem like pretty good ideas on paper. But any cursory attempt to think it through would have identified this problem.


7 posted on 09/12/2023 3:05:16 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: pepsionice

Woburn folks might as well hand a cross-country bus-ticket to the migrants and tell them that SF is ‘best’ in the winter months.

Now that is worth a LOL.

I can’t remember the quote exactly, but isn’t there a ditty that says the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in SF?


8 posted on 09/12/2023 3:09:54 AM PDT by wita (Under oath since 1966 in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness)
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To: Libloather

9 posted on 09/12/2023 3:21:02 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: Libloather

Massachusetts was fine with sanctuary to signal their virtue and encourage illegal migrants to come by the millions so long as they stayed in Texas that discouraged them from coming. Now, Houston has a problem not of their own making has morphed into Massachusetts has a problem of their own making.


10 posted on 09/12/2023 3:27:30 AM PDT by chuckee ( )
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To: GOPJ

The only place we should be sending those 20 million savages is to the Falkland Islands. All this Kabuki Theater is just .. theater. Fact is we’re stuck with this filth forever. We’ll never get rid of them.


11 posted on 09/12/2023 3:44:03 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: chuckee

IIRC, Houston had a problem with another demographic of trouble makers via Katrina.


12 posted on 09/12/2023 3:45:24 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: Liz

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/woburn-housing-migrant-families-under-ma-right-to-shelter-law/ar-AA1fyTIB

He sounded like a loyal Dem 3 weeks ago.

“We are prepared to support the Governor (Maura Healey) and comply with state law during this time of crisis,” Galvin said in a statement. “The ‘Right to Shelter’ law obligates the state to provide housing for families with children and pregnant women who are homeless, and the state’s policy is to place these families in hotels in cities and towns throughout the region without the need for local approval and in many instances without prior notice.”

Galvin continued: “Federal inaction on immigration reform has created and worsened a nationwide immigration crisis at our borders, and the state’s ‘Right to Shelter’ law (one of only three in the country) has made Massachusetts an attractive destination for migrants.”

Galvin added: “This one/two combination is unfairly impacting communities across the Commonwealth, where over (sic) 20,0000 migrants are currently being housed in hotels in over 90 communities, including Woburn. Unless there is change at the federal level or in state law this crisis will continue to grow.”

Galvin said the city would welcome the migrant families and that taking care of the families would be a team effort.

“As Woburn residents have always done, we will help the new members of our community adjust, feel welcomed, thrive and become productive residents in our great city,” Galvin said.

Galvin added: “I am confident that by working collaboratively with School Superintendent (Matthew) Crowley and his staff, Police Chief (Robert) Rufo, Fire Chief (Donald) Kenton, city departments, the School Committee, city council and local charitable organizations, we are prepared for and will meet the challenge.”

Galvin also said that housing the migrants would require additional local, state and federal resources.

“The city will need state and federal support to provide the additional city resources needed, to address impacts at the school level, and deliver appropriate levels of public safety services,” Galvin said. “We will be working with the governor and her staff, our state delegation on Beacon Hill and our federal delegation in Washington to make sure these resources are delivered.”


13 posted on 09/12/2023 3:47:39 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: LouAvul

“...We’ll never get rid of them...”

True, and very likely they will be getting rid of us. American patriots are now far outnumbered.

The only silver lining is that the cannibals will turn on themselves. The anarchy in Haiti is going to pale in comparison to what awaits the American empire. You can already see the future in places like San Francisco (the capital of defecation) and New York City (Mad Max meets Snake Plissken).


14 posted on 09/12/2023 4:01:50 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: Libloather

INVASION USA sponsored by your local communist league.


15 posted on 09/12/2023 4:07:37 AM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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16 posted on 09/12/2023 4:10:15 AM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: Liz
They don't sound so “tolerant and compassionate” now.

Sounds like they need an application of:


17 posted on 09/12/2023 4:28:28 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)
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To: Libloather

Now is the time for all good border state governors to send busloads of their huddled, illegal masses to the old bay state.


18 posted on 09/12/2023 5:20:52 AM PDT by DaBroasta ("An armed society is a polite society" Heinlein)
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To: Libloather

Send them more!


19 posted on 09/12/2023 5:22:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DaBroasta

They get on the bus and get off wherever they want, if GA is typical. Loads of illegals in NW GA now. Many own “lawn maintenance” outfits. Very nice people in our experience.


20 posted on 09/12/2023 5:42:14 AM PDT by GAgal
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