Massachusetts’ Democratic governor, Maura Healey, is reportedly sending agents to the southern border with Texas to discourage migrants from coming into the state.
Officials have traveled to Brownsville, Hidalgo, McAllen and San Antonio to report telling migrants in shelters that Massachusetts is full and has no room to take in any more illegal border crossers.
The sudden move comes after months of Mr Healey championing immigration and delivering a budget.
In May, Governor Healey signed a state budget that provides an additional $426 million for housing for undocumented immigrants, despite Massachusetts being one of the worst states for illegal immigration. Leave For other states.
according to CBS NewsScott Rice, the state’s shelter emergency management director and emergency relief director, has been appointed head of the delegation to Texas.
State officials say the four Texas cities are the most common areas through which migrants travel to Massachusetts.
“This visit is an important opportunity to meet with families arriving in the United States and the organizations working with them at the border, and to ensure we have accurate information about the shelter shortage in Massachusetts,” Rice said in a statement to reporters.
“It is essential that people know that shelters are full so that families can make plans to find a safe place to evacuate.”
Massachusetts is not officially a “sanctuary state,” but law The move is intended to prevent law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, but the state is also one of the few with a “right to refuge” law.
A number of cities in the Gulf states have also declared themselves sanctuary cities.
The state’s emergency shelter system is limited to 7,500 households and reached that limit in November. Currently, the state reports 7,379 households are in the system.
Massachusetts also Law A bill was passed in April limiting migrant families’ stays in shelters to nine months.
Colorado authorities have also sent agents to search for migrants and tell them not to come to Colorado: In April, Denver’s “newcomer communications liaison” Andres Carrera was seen on video telling migrants that they had no place in Denver and should travel to other states.
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