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Joe Biden has unleashed a wave of illegal immigration on America, and even sanctuary cities and states have had enough. Maggie Hroncich reports in The New York Sun:
Massachusetts will soon start sending out eviction notices to migrant families staying in the state’s emergency shelters, making it the latest in a wave of Democrat-controlled states and cities that had previously declared themselves “sanctuaries” for migrants to change their tune amid a ballooning crisis.
The governor, Maura Healey, said the state will begin by sending notices to 150 families in July letting them know that “their shelter benefit is expiring, and they are required to leave shelter within 90 days.” The emergency shelters last year reached capacity at 7,500 families, half of which were new migrant arrivals.
“This policy is a responsible measure to address the capacity and fiscal constraints of our state’s emergency assistance system,” Ms. Healey said.
It follows similar moves from other Democratic leaders, including New York City’s recent policy imposing a 60-day limit for shelter stays for families and Chicago’s mayor enforcing a 60-day limit at shelters as well. Those policies came as both cities faced severe budget strains due to migrants.
New York City, which has declared itself “past the breaking point,” spent more than $1 billion on food, shelter, and migrant services in fiscal year 2023 and is expecting to spend as much as $12 billion on migrants in the next three years alone. Chicago has spent more than $400 million on the migrant surge since the fall of 2022.
Both New York and Chicago had previously declared themselves “sanctuary cities,” and had policies in place to protect and support migrants who are in the country illegally, before Republican southern governors started busing and flying thousands of migrants north.
Massachusetts’ shelter limits come as Ms. Healey’s 54 percent approval rating, while still relatively high, appears to be suffering in the midst of the migrant crisis.
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