Massachusetts Democrat Gov. Maura Healey Ends $1 Billion Migrant Shelter Program

Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) said Friday the remaining hotel shelters where migrants were housed are now closed and she has terminated her emergency declaration from August 2023.

Healey said that when she took over from Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, families were moving into shelters across the state and remaining there for months and years at a time, Fox News reported on Tuesday.

She claimed there was no plan to reform the system, and the Fox article noted state officials used “hotels, community centers, and even a defunct prison” to house the groups of migrants pouring into the state.

In her announcement, Healey said her reforms and the shutdown of shelters are “saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and putting families on a path to self-sustainability.”

The Fox article said a recent report “showed Bay Staters will spend as much as $1 billion cumulatively on the state’s emergency shelter program in FY-2025, with migrant families making up a significant share of those receiving assistance.”

It is interesting to note the number of welfare cards in Massachusetts skyrocketed by 35 percent from June 2023 to May 2024, per Breitbart News.

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