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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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To: Libloather

Come on Massachusetts. These foreign invaders are counting on white supremacists in America to provide them with “a better life” than the people with their skin tone was providing them back at home.


21 posted on 09/12/2023 6:07:36 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Now that the MFL has its own African Nat'l anthem, I guess they aren't "african-americans" anymore.)
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To: Libloather

Vote for commie RATS and this is what you get. These invaders belong to you. It isn’t Republicans escorting them into America. A lot of these illegal alien invaders hate America more than the DemocRATS do. They are terrorists. They are yours.


22 posted on 09/12/2023 6:27:56 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Try That In A Small Town" - Jason Aldean rules!)
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To: jdt1138

I see Syrians, Chinese, Neapolitans, Ethiopians, Congolese, everyone except Mexicans.


23 posted on 09/12/2023 7:45:32 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Libloather
They need to 'settle' them in the National Mall, Washington, DC. That way Congress, White House, and Supreme Court can share the joy of housing, feeding, schooling, medicating their 'grift' to America.

When the Mall fills up, send them to the cities and towns where families of the Deep State live, so they can share the joy as well.

The National Mall is ideal because it is not on US property.

24 posted on 09/12/2023 8:30:19 AM PDT by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: pepsionice
Woburn's had bad news for a long time. The water was polluted and caused health problems. The John Travolta (and Howie Carr) movie, A Civil Action, was about Woburn.
25 posted on 09/12/2023 8:37:44 AM PDT by x
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To: Libloather

Richer towns, like neighboring Lexington and Winchester, aren’t getting any illegals.


26 posted on 09/12/2023 8:39:42 AM PDT by x
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To: Adder

“Suks to be a sanctuary, now don’t it?”

They were so cocky when the churches were hiding one or two from ICE. Not so funny now.


27 posted on 09/12/2023 10:56:51 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: jdt1138

Where's Wanda? Find one woman (or actual child for that matter) in this picture ...

28 posted on 09/12/2023 11:27:52 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times, it's enemy action.)
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