{"id":2018484,"date":"2023-08-31T17:56:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-calls-up-national-guard-to-help-with-immigrant-crisis-as-shelter-system-overwhelmed\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T17:57:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:57:30","slug":"massachusetts-calls-up-national-guard-to-help-with-immigrant-crisis-as-shelter-system-overwhelmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-calls-up-national-guard-to-help-with-immigrant-crisis-as-shelter-system-overwhelmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts deploys National Guard to aid overwhelmed shelter system amidst immigrant crisis."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-calls-up-national-guard-to-help-with-immigrant-crisis-as-shelter-system-overwhelmed%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=2018484&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>Gov. Maura Healey Orders National Guard to Assist in Immigrant Crisis<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA)\u200c has taken decisive action to \u200baddress the immigrant crisis in Massachusetts. In\u200c an\u2063 effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-gov-eric-holcomb-signs-legislation-deeming-churches-essential\/\" title=\"Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb Signs Legislation Deeming Churches Essential\">provide essential services<\/a> at emergency shelter hotels, \u2062Healey has ordered 250 members of the \u200bstate&#8217;s National Guard to assist.<\/p>\n<p>Under Healey&#8217;s instruction, these units will play\u200b a crucial role in coordinating \u2064transportation, food, basic needs, \u200band \u200cmedical care for the 6,000 families and 20,000 individuals currently housed in emergency shelters. It is\u200d important to note that the majority of asylum seekers in Massachusetts are families,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kaiser-permanente-branch-mandates-all-employees-including-pregnant-women-take-coronavirus-vaccine\/\" title=\"Kaiser Permanente Branch Mandates All Employees, Including Pregnant Women, Take Coronavirus Vaccine\">including pregnant women<\/a> and\u200b children.<\/p>\n<h3>A State of Emergency<\/h3>\n<p>Healey declared a state of\u200d emergency over the crisis, recognizing the \u2062urgent need for assistance. Massachusetts simply does not have the financial or logistical capacity\u2062 to respond to the growing number of individuals seeking shelter. In fact, the current population in state-funded shelters, hotels, dormitories, and \u2062other emergency facilities has increased by 80% compared to last year.<\/p>\n<p>Healey\u200c has \u2063called on Washington, D.C. to provide\u2062 support, emphasizing the strain \u2063that Massachusetts is facing. The activation of \u2064the National Guard is a temporary solution\u200d to ensure that every family in emergency shelter\u200d has \u2062their needs\u2063 met, including access to food, transportation, medical care, and education.<\/p>\n<h3>Sanctuary States and Cities<\/h3>\n<p>Massachusetts joins the ranks of sanctuary states that have declared a state of emergency due to the immigrant crisis. New York City, which has experienced a \u2062significant influx of migrants, also faces similar challenges. Over 100,000 \u2063immigrants have entered the city since \u200dthe\u2063 spring of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago and Washington, D.C. have also struggled to respond to the release of immigrants into their communities. These\u200b sanctuary zones have chosen not to \u200ccooperate with U.S. government immigration authorities.<\/p>\n<h3>Rapid Response Teams and Advocacy<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the National Guard activation, Gov. Healey is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-calls-up-national-guard-to-help-with-immigrant-crisis-as-shelter-system-overwhelmed\/\" title=\"Massachusetts deploys National Guard to aid overwhelmed shelter system amidst immigrant crisis.\">launching regional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-push-new-initiative-to-clear-homeless-encampments-in-seattle\/\" title=\"Activists push new initiative to clear homeless encampments in Seattle\">rapid response teams<\/a><\/a> to oversee shelter sites. These teams will serve as a direct link to Healey&#8217;s administration, which includes Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll (D-MA).<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gov. Driscoll emphasizes the necessity of the National\u2062 Guard activation to ensure \u2063the safety and well-being of families in emergency\u200d shelter. While immediate\u2062 needs are being addressed,\u200b the state continues to advocate for assistance from the federal government in the form of streamlined work authorizations and \u200dfunding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here\u200c to read more\u2062 from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) has deployed 250 National Guard members to assist with the state&#8217;s immigrant crisis. They will provide essential services at emergency shelter hotels, coordinating transportation, food, basic needs, and medical care for the 6,000 families and 20,000 individuals affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2018485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}