Republicans are calling for an investigation after an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic was caught hiding guns and up to $1 million worth of illegal drugs at a state-run immigrant shelter outside Boston.
Leonardo Andujar Sánchez, 28, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was arrested on December 28 in Revere, a city adjacent to the north end of Boston, after receiving a report that he was in possession of an illegal AR-15 rifle. I was arrested. And lots of fentanyl.
According to reports, the immigrant was exposed by his girlfriend, who called the Revere Police Department to warn them about the gun and drug stash. fox news.
Sanchez was charged in Chelsea District Court with 10 counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and one count related to the 10 pounds of fentanyl found at the shelter. He was later charged with intent to distribute drugs.
The Secretariat of Housing and Liveable Communities told the media that Mr. Sanchez had been staying in a government-sponsored shelter since October 15, claiming that Mr. Sanchez had been excluded from the shelter system as a result of his arrest.
As Breitbart News reported last week, the shocking incident prompted Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey to order inspections of all state-funded immigrant shelters.
“It is outrageous that this individual took advantage of our shelter system to engage in criminal activity,” Healey said after Sanchez's arrest.
But state Republicans say the inspections come too late because criminal activity in and around the state's migrant shelters has been going on for a long time.
Amy Carnevale, chairwoman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, said: “What is happening in these immigrant shelters is far worse than anyone could imagine, and it is unbelievable that it has continued unabated for years. I cannot stress this enough.”
“The Healy-Driscoll government is overseeing a state-funded humanitarian crisis, funded entirely by taxpayers, and now they need even more money to keep this broken system afloat.” Carnevale added. “Inspections may reveal more horrors, but they won't solve the fundamental problem: Massachusetts' overly lenient right-of-refuge law, which attracts immigrants and undocumented immigrants from all over the world.”
Republican state Sen. Ryan Fatman also denounced the situation, questioning why immigrants are often given priority consideration for shelter over Native Americans.
“There was a mother of two children whose house burned down in my district a few days ago. And we decided to help the world, so she doesn't have access to shelter. So this… This is outrageous,” Fatman said, FOX News reported.
Citing the Sanchez case, Fatman pointed out that: “What we're starting to learn is that the vetting process for these people is flawed because dangerous criminal immigrants are coming into Massachusetts and harming people, not just our citizens.” , some of the people are in evacuation centers. ”
Sanchez is just one of many migrants arrested and staying in shelters. In March, authorities in Rockland, Massachusetts, arrested Cory Bernard Alvarez, a Haitian national, and charged him with raping a child in an immigrant shelter. Despite the severity of the charges, the Plymouth County Superior Court in June denied ICE detainer honors and released Alvarez from ICE custody. press release Reported.
The state Republican Party conducted a FOIA request for state records and discovered numerous criminal activities within state-funded havens, including weapons, drug and gang-related incidents.
There were also reports of shelter workers being assaulted and threatened by migrants, as well as fights and assaults by police. In some cases, fall river reporter, The complaint was made by a shelter manager who said she was sexually harassed and physically touched by a migrant inside the shelter's elevator.
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