Sixty-seven percent of those polled said the migrant situation was either a crisis (28 percent) or a major problem (39 percent).
Immigration
Posted inImmigration
Mariano patience running thin on emergency shelter funding
Mariano and his budget chief, Rep. Aaron Michlewitz of Boston, acknowledged the House’s proposed funding for the coming fiscal year is probably about half what is needed, but they indicated they wanted to force a reevaluation of the situation after roughly six months.
Posted inImmigration
Report sees shifts in immigrant demographics
According to a new report, their countries of origin have shifted, many more end up residing outside the city, and well over half are landing in good-paying jobs.
Posted inImmigration
Healey seeks $893m for shelter system
“The situation is evolving and we continue to evolve with it,” said Mathew Gorzkowicz, the governor’s top budget official.
Posted inOpinion
A better way to deal with the state’s shelter crisis
Using state, federal, and philanthropic resources, refugee resettlement providers helped Afghan evacuees find apartments, learn English, enter the workforce, meet their neighbors, and integrate into communities across the state.
Posted inBy The Numbers
Emergency shelter facilities distributed unevenly across Mass.
A report released earlier this week indicates big disparities among communities in terms of emergency shelter facilities.
Posted inGovernment
Richie Neal wants to make a deal
The ethos of compromise has been Neal’s guiding light over four decades in politics. In today’s hyper partisan climate, it’s often reviled as a sign of weakness.
Posted inState Government
Republicans spoil Democrats’ shelter crisis compromise
Democratic leaders finally reached a compromise on a $2.8 billion spending bill that includes $250 million for the state’s emergency shelter program, but they couldn’t win legislative approval for the measure because a small band of Republicans in the House refused to let it move forward in an informal session.
Posted inState Government
House Republicans threaten to block action on spending plan
House Republicans indicated on Wednesday that they intend to block Democrats if they try to ram through a $2.8 billion closeout budget containing money for the state’s emergency shelter program during informal sessions between now and the beginning of January.
Posted inState Government
Lawmakers fail to reach deal on shelter funds
THE LEGISLATURE adjourned early Thursday morning with no agreement between the two branches on an omnibus close-out spending bill that included $250 million to keep the state’s emergency shelter system afloat.
Posted inPolitics
In Revere, Latino victory reflects a changing city
With his election victory on Tuesday to an at-large city council seat, Juan Jaramillo will become the lone Latino and only non-white official serving on the 11-member council.
Posted inHousing, Immigration
Don’t count on feds for shelter funding, Healey told
GOV. MAURA HEALEY’S call for a cap on the state’s emergency shelter program received tepid support on Monday from the Senate president and House speaker, who said the federal solution […]
Posted inImmigration, State Government
Healey tries to have it both ways on emergency shelter law
GOV. MAURA HEALEY tried to have it both ways on the state’s right to shelter law Monday, insisting her administration is not backing away from requirements of the law while […]
Posted inImmigration, State House News Service
Lt. Gov. says state running out of shelter room
MASSACHUSETTS IS GOING to run out of places to shelter newly arriving immigrants and other families without housing “very, very soon,” leaving the one state in the country that has […]
Posted inImmigration
Big 3 confer with congressional delegation on migrants
THE BIG 3 on Beacon Hill met via Zoom on Thursday morning with the state’s representatives in Congress, enlisting their help in seeking federal dollars and regulatory changes to help […]
Posted inImmigration
Putting a face on the state’s shelter crisis
DONNA VELASQUEZ was miserable in Venezuela. She lived with more than a dozen relatives in a small, packed house in La Vela de Coro, a port city in northwestern Venezuela, […]
Posted inImmigration, State House News Service
Healey calls emergency shelter situation not sustainable
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE HOUSE SPEAKER Ron Mariano is “still searching for some answers” about the scope of the fast-changing emergency shelter crisis, while Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday delivered […]
Posted inBy The Numbers, Immigration
Poll finds rising concern about immigration in Mass.
IMMIGRATION IS suddenly showing up on the radar screens of Massachusetts residents. The MassINC Polling Group often begins its polls with a broad-based question asking respondents what they think is […]
Posted inImmigration, State Government
Healey pleads for federal help in addressing shelter crisis
GOV. MAURA HEALEY formally asked the Biden administration to take a number of steps to make it easier for migrants and refugees to legally find work, saying the state of […]
Posted inOpinion
State’s investments in immigrants pay off
WHEN AIDA HABIBI and her family finally settled in the United States as refugees from Afghanistan last spring, they had concluded a difficult, six-year journey. Faced with threats from […]
Posted inEducation
In-state tuition, financial aid in sight for undocumented students
AFTER TWO DECADES of advocacy on Beacon Hill, Massachusetts is set to join about two dozen other states in removing a high-profile barrier to undocumented students in higher education. The […]
Posted inOpinion
There’s a fatal flaw in fast-track immigration proceedings
TWO YEARS AGO, the Biden administration launched an initiative, known as the dedicated docket, to fast track the cases of certain asylum-seeking families, promising fairness and efficiency in the nation’s […]
Posted inTransportation
Eng mum on cause of slow zones, timetable for elimination
MBTA GENERAL MANAGER Phillip Eng on Monday touted progress in addressing slow zones on the subway system, but he declined to explain how the problem surfaced or provide a timeline […]
Posted inState Government
April tax revenues plunge 23% below forecasted levels
THE GENERALLY nonstop tax revenue growth the state has experienced for the last several years came to a halt in April, when revenue came in more than $2 billion lower […]