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Democratic town reeling over migrant shelter opening in old prison

Residents of a New England town are outraged that they were not consulted about a plan to convert a former state prison into a taxpayer-funded immigrant shelter for hundreds of people. The state is using a former minimum-security dormitory-like facility in Norfolk, Massachusetts, to house immigrants and homeless people currently barricaded at Boston’s Logan International […]

Massachusetts to convert prison into shelter for illegal aliens

Massachusetts plans to turn shuttered prisons into emergency “safety net” locations for undocumented immigrants, Democratic Gov. Maura Healey’s office confirmed. WCVB Saturday. The Bay State Correctional Center in Norfolk was decommissioned in 2015, but will soon serve as temporary housing for about 140 local homeless and undocumented immigrant families living in Massachusetts, the only state […]

Massachusetts Converts Old Prison Into Migrant Family Shelter In Response To Crisis

The Massachusetts officials revealed Saturday that they plan to convert the Bay State Correctional Center in Norfolk into an emergency shelter for families facing homelessness, WCVB-TV reported. The former minimum-security prison, equipped with showers, bathrooms, a cafeteria and a gymnasium, will be converted to house around 140 families. Workers will modify the facility to create a […]

Hundreds of dogs saved by makeshift shelter amid severe flooding in Brazil

Service dogs bring joy to children At Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas, a team of Labradors are sharing their love with both patients and staff. In Canoas, Brazil, hundreds of volunteers have set up a temporary dog ​​shelter in an abandoned warehouse to care for dogs affected by recent floods. Volunteers aim to […]

How the US financial system helps shelter profits from environmental organized crime

Environmental organized crime is a massive global enterprise that brings in hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and the U.S. financial system appears to be helping to hide its profits. Interpol estimates that environmental crimes such as poaching and illegal logging generate up to $281 billion annually, making it the third most lucrative illegal […]