{"id":1994162,"date":"2023-08-08T11:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T15:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-governor-declares-emergency-over-immigrants-this-is-a-national-issue\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T11:31:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T15:31:27","slug":"massachusetts-governor-declares-emergency-over-immigrants-this-is-a-national-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-governor-declares-emergency-over-immigrants-this-is-a-national-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts governor declares immigration emergency, emphasizes national significance."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassachusetts-governor-declares-emergency-over-immigrants-this-is-a-national-issue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Massachusetts Declares State of Emergency Over\u200c Immigration Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reschenthaler-fauci-either-grossly-incompetent-or-lying-to-americans\/\" title=\"Reschenthaler: Fauci 'Either Grossly Incompetent or Lying' to Americans\">thousand miles<\/a> away from the southern \u200ctip of Texas, \u2063&#8221;sanctuary&#8221; state Massachusetts is the latest to declare a state of emergency for its inability to respond \u200cto thousands of immigrants who have arrived after being released from \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-man-charged-with-threatening-to-murder-2-us-congressmen\/\" title=\"Missouri Man Charged With Threatening to Murder 2 US Congressmen\">federal custody<\/a> at the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harriss-niece-sparks-international-headache-for-united-states-with-indias-government-report\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris\u2019s Niece Sparks International Headache For United States With India\u2019s Government: Report\">national issue<\/a> \u200bthat demands a national response,&#8221; said Democratic \u2063Gov. Maura Healey during a press conference Tuesday morning. &#8220;Today, I am declaring a state of emergency in Massachusetts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Urgent Call\u2064 for Help<\/h3>\n<p>Healey called on Washington to help Massachusetts because the state could not financially or logistically respond to the 20,000 immigrants living \u200bin state-funded shelters, \u2063hotels, dormitories, and other emergency facilities statewide\u200c \u2014 an 80% increase from a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s more families than our state \u2064has ever served, exponentially more than our state has ever served in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stimulus-update-second-direct-payment-worth-up-to-400-to-be-paid-to-massachusetts-residents-in-24-days\/\" title=\"Stimulus update: Second direct payment worth up to 0 to be paid to Massachusetts residents in 24 days\">emergency assistance program<\/a>,&#8221;\u200d Healey\u200d said. \u200c&#8221;We&#8217;re \u200bunable \u200bto move people from\u2064 housing and shelter into permanent housing because of this, so instead, we&#8217;ve been expanding and continuing to look for housing and shelter opportunities, expanding shelter \u200bat \u200da rapid pace,\u200b and \u2063it&#8217;s unsustainable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A Growing \u200bCrisis<\/h3>\n<p>Massachusetts joins other localities, including New York City, Chicago, and Washington, that have grappled to respond to the number of\u200b immigrants \u2063released into their communities from the border under President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Since Biden took office, more than 2 million \u200cpeople who illegally came across the southern border have been released into the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts, a &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; state, has declared a state of emergency due to its inability to handle the influx of immigrants arriving from the U.S.-Mexico border. 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