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DailyWire.com: Democrat Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over Biden’s Border Crisis

Massachusetts Democrat Governor Maura Healey declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as President Joe Biden’s border crisis has overwhelmed the state’s services.

Healey said that the number of illegal aliens pouring into Massachusetts has “stretched” the state’s shelter system “thin.”

Healey said in her letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that the state of emergency was caused by “rapid and unabating increases in the number of families with children and pregnant people – many of them newly arriving migrants and refugees – living within the state but without the means to secure safe shelter in our communities.”

The letter noted that federal immigration policies were part of what was driving the problem, but Healey also claimed that “burdensome barriers keeping people from getting work authorizations” was part of the problem. Migrants being able to access better opportunities in the job market would likely serve as magnet for more migrants to continue coming to the state as its resources become more scarce.

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Over the past six months, the demand for emergency shelter has skyrocketed. In March of this year, 68 families per day were coming to our field offices seeking assistance. By July, that number had jumped to over 100 families per day. By comparison, in March of 2022, only 25 families per day came to our offices to request help. Currently, shelter entries per month are more than double the number of entries per month during the pandemic and roughly one-third higher than pre-pandemic levels. At the same time, the number of families leaving emergency shelter for safe, permanent housing has dwindled. The number of families exiting shelter has declined by nearly two-thirds since 2019. These trends are driven by many factors, including 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.

We met newly arrived families seeking safety and shelter in MA with compassion & resources, but our shelter system is stretched thin.

With this state of emergency, I'm delivering an urgent appeal to the federal govt: remove barriers standing between new arrivals & opportunity. pic.twitter.com/BL0RXEOMPv

— Maura Healey (@MassGovernor) August 8, 2023

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Originally posted by Sig2340:

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DailyWire.com: Democrat Governor Declares State Of Emergency Over Biden’s Border Crisis

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We met newly arrived families seeking safety and shelter in MA with compassion & resources, but our shelter system is stretched thin.

With this state of emergency, I'm delivering an urgent appeal to the federal govt: remove barriers standing between new arrivals & opportunity. pic.twitter.com/BL0RXEOMPv

— Maura Healey (@MassGovernor) August 8, 2023

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
Send them to D.C.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
“Healey said in her letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that the state of emergency was caused by “rapid and unabating increases in the number of families with children and pregnant people”

“pregnant people” – known as “pregnant women” before wokery set in.

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Originally posted by Ironbutt:
All these blue states & cities that declared themselves sanctuaries are now going apeshit, because a few busloads of illegals were dumped on their doorstep.

The border states have had to deal with this crap on a daily basis for years. And not just a few busloads. Sometimes hundreds every day.

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Originally posted by uvahawk:
How many of these cities (Boston, NYC, etc.) have declared they will overturn their "sanctuary city" status? It seems like they simply want federal funding to continue their dysfunctional "santuary city" status. How many of these cities have acknowledged the error of their ways and pledged to support tougher immigration standards and laws?

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
Send them to D.C.

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Foxnews.com: Massachusetts officials ask residents to lend a 'helping hand' and offer migrants 'an extra room' Massachusetts declared state of emergency in response to a migrant housing shortage

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll asked state residents Wednesday to open their doors and assist housing migrants after the Democratic governor, Maura Healey, declared a state of emergency Tuesday as the state is faced with a vast shortage of shelters.

"Most importantly, if you have an extra room or suite in your home, please consider hosting a family. Housing and shelter is our most pressing need and become a sponsor family," Driscoll said.

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Please consider hosting a family.
- Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Driscoll's comments echoed Healey's statement Tuesday in calling on residents to "offer a helping hand."

"This is a national issue that demands a national response," Healey said during a press conference at the State House in Boston. "In the meantime, we’re simply asking the federal government to use the tools already available to give these brave parents a chance to work and support their families. At the same time, we’re calling on everyone in Massachusetts to come together, help us meet this moment in our state, and offer a helping hand."

Their calls for assistance from residents come after Healey announced that a state of emergency exists "due to rapid and unabated increases in the number of families with children and pregnant people — many of them newly arriving migrants and refugees — living within the state but without the means to secure safe shelter in our communities."

The state said there are nearly 5,600 families or more than 20,000 people in the state shelter system. Massachusetts is a right to shelter state, and must provide emergency housing to families in need.

Healey said there are numerous contributing factors to the migrant crisis, including "federal policies on immigration and work authorization" as well as a lack of affordable housing and the end of COVID-era programs.


More than a thousand migrants awaiting entry into the United States from Juarez, Mexico. (Fox News Digital / Jon Michael Raasch)

Healey said she hopes the emergency declaration will provide more federal funding, and expedite work permits for immigrants.

The governor's press office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.