The former head of a Massachusetts immigrant shelter is speaking out against rampant violence, child sexual assault and rape in the state's shelters, including an incident in which a father impregnated his 14-year-old daughter. There is.
Massachusetts, a sanctuary state, is one of many states overwhelmed by the surge of migrants arriving from the southern border.
The state has spent about $1.1 billion of taxpayer dollars this fiscal year to house and feed border crossers, who are often housed in hotels converted into shelters.
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Meshach Little of the Norhill-Wilkeston Security Company walks around the main living area of the state's new emergency overflow shelter for immigrants at the Melnea A. Cass Recreation Complex. (Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
One such migrant shelter in Marlborough, Massachusetts, was managed by John Featherston from November 2023 to July 2024, and he described his chaotic years there, including violence, waste, and rape.
“There was a lot of violence,” Featherston told the Daily Wire about the crowded 550-person shelter at the Holiday Inn at 265 Lakeside Avenue. I took her out of the shelter. ”
A June Main Wire report appears to support this claim, stating that undocumented immigrant Ronald Joseph raped his 14-year-old daughter multiple times during his travels to the United States, both before and after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. He also reportedly raped her.
“The Department of Children and Families (DcF) interviewed the girl before making the decision to urgently remove her from her father's custody,” the document obtained by MainWire states.
Massachusetts shelters are overflowing and illegal immigrants line the floor of Boston Logan Airport's terminal. (WBZ)
Joseph then began yelling and making threatening gestures toward shelter staff, so he was taken in a taxpayer-funded lift to another shelter in Worcester, Massachusetts, MainWire reported. The report cited records from the Executive Office for Housing and Local Communities (EOHLC).
“They ordered me to send them to Worcester County,” Featherston told The Daily Wire. “And I'll never know why he wasn't locked up. A man who admitted to committing rape is going to be put in another asylum so he can rape again another day. It doesn't make any sense.”
According to MainWire, the shelter is also paid for by taxpayers and residents receive full stipends while staying there, but official reports should bring criminal charges against Joseph. It is reported that it does not recommend it.
In another disturbing incident, a 16-year-old female student claimed to have been raped multiple times by a 29-year-old man, Professor Featherstone said.
“She told the officer that she had been raped multiple times. That was probably the most disturbing conversation I've ever heard in my adult life,” Featherston told the Daily Wire.
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Cory Bernard Alvarez is accused of aggravated rape of a 15-year-old child at an immigrant shelter in Rockland. (ice)
The man, identified by The Main Wire as Gradymy Rodine, was arrested, removed from the shelter and given an abuse prevention order barring him from coming near the Marlborough Holiday Inn or the victim's student's local high school. It is reported that.
Rodeen reportedly sexually assaulted another girl, the Daily Wire reported, citing a security guard's report detailing the first victim's statement.
An ICE spokesperson told the Daily Wire that neither person is in custody.
In another incident of violence at a Massachusetts shelter, a pregnant woman was raped and assaulted by 34-year-old Haitian national Marc Carvens Beauvais at another hotel shelter in July, according to the Boston Globe. It is said that
In August, ICE announced the arrest of Cory Bernard Alvarez, a 26-year-old Haitian national, on suspicion of aggravated rape of a 15-year-old child at an immigrant shelter in Rockland.
Mr. Featherston also spoke about immigrants' fights over access to microwaves, including one incident in which an immigrant drove his car into Mr. Featherston's office and knocked him off his chair, which is a government benefit. He claims it was in retaliation for refusing to pay for diapers to be distributed to migrants.
“If you were on benefits and you were receiving it, we were going to start cutting back on diapers, formula and wipes,” Featherston said. “The immigrants didn't like that. They thought they were being attacked. Then a gentleman drove into my office.”
Featherston told the Daily Wire that her day-to-day work includes helping immigrants enroll in social services such as food stamps and government health insurance. The migrants were provided with three meals a day by a catering company, which also purchased necessities such as toiletries, diapers, strollers and wipes for the migrants.
He also arranged same-day dry cleaning for immigrants at state expense and provided Uber rides to work when needed. He added that he was given an Amazon budget and other accounts to buy essential items for migrants without spending caps.
“They have probably two days' worth of clothing on, but no toiletries, no identification, nothing,” Featherston told The Daily Wire. “The state contract was to provide everything we needed, which meant we spent a lot of days ordering.”
The news comes as Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said her state's police department would “absolutely” not cooperate with the incoming Trump administration's expected mass deportation efforts, adding that she would “absolutely” use “everything in the toolbox to protect us.” It was conveyed in a warning that the use of “tools” would be used. Blue state residents.
President-elect Trump has promised to launch “the largest domestic deportation operation in U.S. history” to deport millions of illegal immigrants. A report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) estimates that 50,000 immigrants have arrived in the state since 2021.
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said her state's police would “absolutely” not cooperate with the incoming Trump administration's expected mass deportation efforts, saying they would “absolutely” use “every tool in their toolbox” to “protect” residents. He warned that he would make full use of “. state. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
“I think it's important that we all recognize that there's going to be tremendous pressure on states and state officials,” Healey said in response to President-elect Trump's strong statements. I can assure you that we will work hard to make this a reality.” won last month's election.
Last year, Healy declared a state of emergency in the state due to the surge and sought federal action. She also acknowledged that state policies could attract immigrants.
“Many of these families are immigrants to Massachusetts, and they have come here proudly to be pioneers for our people in need,” she said in a statement to Alejandro of the Department of Homeland Security. This was stated in a letter to Secretary Mayorkas.
FOX News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
