Massachusetts Gov. Healey’s ‘things will happen’ comment on migrant rape case spills into NH gov race

New Hampshire Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte on Tuesday slammed Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s recent comments about immigrant rape cases in the Bay State.

Mr. Healy, a Democrat, recently spoke on camera with Boston 25 News about Cory Alvarez, a 26-year-old Haitian immigrant accused of raping a 15-year-old disabled girl at a Comfort Inn in Rockland. asked about the lawsuit against. Massachusetts was converted by the state into an emergency migrant shelter.

“It’s a terrible situation. It’s a terrible allegation. My thoughts are with the victims and their families,” Healey told the outlet at an event in Dorchester last week. He defended the vetting process. “I think we have the right systems in place. Unfortunately, this is a terrible incident.”

“This is also an individual who legally entered the country under the federal government through a federal program… Unfortunately, we have security and systems in place and appropriate vetting. , sometimes there will be problems.”

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Former Sen. Ayotte issued a statement Tuesday calling on his Democratic opponent, Joyce Craig, to “condemn” Healey for endorsing him in the New Hampshire gubernatorial race.

“This is a problem for politicians. There are real consequences to these dangerous sanctuary policies, and it’s not enough to say that’s what happens when the system fails our children. It’s unacceptable. , it must be fixed. Maura Healey should be ’embarrassed,”’ Ms. Ayotte said in a statement to the Boston Herald.

“Unfortunately, Joyce Craig has agreed to her Massachusetts mentor’s dangerous sanctuary policy and will bring this crisis to New Hampshire. Craig condemns Mr. Healy’s support and calls for sanctuary policy once and for all. “It needs to be condemned,” she added.

Cory B. Alvarez allegedly raped a teenage girl at the immigrant motel where he lived. Mr. Alvarez entered the United States legally in New York City in 2023 and is being held without bail. (Fox News)

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In a post to It means that he agrees with the sanctuary policy of the United States.” “I have thrown the Union into complete chaos. I will not allow Joyce Craig to flood New Hampshire.”

Then Sen. Kelly Ayotte speaks in Washington, DC on March 12, 2020. Ayotte is running for governor of New Hampshire. (Siyabosh Hosseini/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to Healey’s office and Craig’s campaign for comment, but neither responded immediately.

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said Rockland police responded to the Comfort Inn on March 13 for a report of a sexual assault. Alvarez also lived at the hotel, which participates in state and federal programs to house immigrant families.when the official has arrivedthey spoke with a 15-year-old female victim who was taken to an area hospital for treatment.

Multiple Department of Homeland Security officials told Fox News last week that Alvarez is a Haitian citizen who came to the United States in June after going through the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) parole process. The policy, first announced for Venezuelans in October 2022, allows a limited number of people to travel directly to the U.S. as long as they are not in the country illegally, already have a sponsor in the U.S., and pass certain screenings. It allowed entry of planes into the country.

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In January 2023, the Biden administration announced that this program would be expanded to include: Haitian, Nicaraguan, Cuban The move, which allows immigrants to obtain work permits and two-year residence permits, was announced in conjunction with the expansion of Title 42 deportation to include these nationalities.

Fox News’ Bill Melugin, Adam Shaw, Griff Jenkins and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.