At the age of 77, House Speaker Ron Mariano has finally figured out that he and the rest of the hackerama are up the proverbial creek, and the illegal aliens have stolen the paddle. “We are on our own on this, and we realize that now,” he said Wednesday, addressing the illegal-alien crisis decimating the … Read more
Women represent almost 50 per cent of the world’s migrant population, currently estimated to be a staggering 281 million people. While men make up more than half of those who have migrated overseas and children account for around 14 per cent, UN Women has named migrant women as “agents of change”. Women flee their home … Read more
A Cambridge state representative says the migrant crisis has reached a “real boiling point” and is blaming the secretary of state for refusing to consider shifting an overflow shelter at an old courthouse into a 24/7 operation. Rep. Mike Connolly, a Democrat whose district encompasses the old courthouse in East Cambridge, told the Herald on … Read more
United Way, which has partnered with the state to identify shelter space for migrant families, is officially “evaluating” a church group’s proposal for such a use in a Fort Point office building in Boston’s bustling Seaport neighborhood. Despite the pushback vocalized by several South Boston elected officials since last Thursday’s news that the state was … Read more
A South Boston lawmaker cautioned the state against using a Fort Point office building for a migrant overflow shelter, saying that squeezing families together in a space without proper bathroom facilities could lead to a “public health crisis.” Speaking at an evening press conference two days after the news broke that the state was considering … Read more
The city has warned startled Fort Point neighbors to be ready for migrants to move into their Seaport district. The Healey administration is eyeing an office building on Farnsworth Street as the next spot to house homeless migrants, the Herald has learned. The location is amid the bustling Seaport not far from the Children’s Museum. … Read more
The nation is fiercely divided over the $118 billion U.S. Senate border deal, including in the Bay State where Gov. Maura Healey is pushing for the bill amid the migrant crisis while a local immigrant group called the legislation “inhumane and un-American.” The bipartisan Senate bill, which would address southern border enforcement policy and also … Read more
As the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex has turned into a shelter for migrants, a Roxbury community group says the governor and mayor should look into meeting one of the neighborhood’s biggest needs: accessible health care. The Black Community Information Center, which describes itself on social media as an “organization dedicated to independent media,” is … Read more
By Saturday, roughly 200 migrants who had been sleeping overnight at Logan Airport will be residing at the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex, a development that one city staffer described as a “terrible situation.” An initial 75 individuals arrived at the Roxbury recreation facility Wednesday night, and they received a full orientation and a case … Read more
A youth track-and-field club run out of the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex for more than a decade is closing on a deal for an alternative practice space after its long-time home turned into a temporary shelter for migrants. Boston United has received an offer to use the Reggie Lewis Center, about a mile away … Read more
