Summary
- Governor Maura Healey states that Massachusetts’s emergency shelter system is overwhelmed and cannot accommodate migrant families
- Healey supports Biden’s asylum ban and declared a state of emergency in 2023 due to lack of available shelter beds
- Massachusetts has imposed restrictions on the “right-to-shelter” law, capping the number of families and implementing stay limits
- Healey sent officials to Texas to educate incoming families about the lack of shelter availability in Massachusetts
