{"id":2180159,"date":"2024-02-19T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-migrant-shelter-docs-show-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-costs-state-at-least-64-per-person-a-day-not-including-amenities\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:35:46","slug":"massachusetts-migrant-shelter-docs-show-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-costs-state-at-least-64-per-person-a-day-not-including-amenities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-migrant-shelter-docs-show-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-costs-state-at-least-64-per-person-a-day-not-including-amenities\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts: Migrant Shelter Expenses Total $64\/Per Person Daily, Excluding Amenities"},"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\">20<\/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-migrant-shelter-docs-show-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-costs-state-at-least-64-per-person-a-day-not-including-amenities%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=2180159&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Migrants families use Terminal \u2063E at Boston Logan International Airport as a shelter\u200b on January 30, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>2:03 PM \u2013 Monday, February 19, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>While the state struggles to manage a backlog in its emergency shelter system, new documents\u200c highlight the growing public\u2062 expense \u2062of providing food and refuge to incoming illegal immigrants in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to documents acquired by <em>CBS News<\/em> Boston, the \u200bstate has 17 contracts totaling $116 million to lodge migrant families until June, including a $10 million no-bid deal for a food provider.<\/p>\n<p>The hotels\u200c typically\u2063 receive at\u200c least $64\/per\u2063 person from the state for meals daily, which consist\u200d of $16 breakfasts,\u2063 $17 lunches, and $31 dinners for every migrant being housed. The cost of additional amenities provided was not mentioned in the \u200bdocuments. <\/p>\n<p>Social media users chimed in and expressed outrage, given the fact that America\u2019s growing number of homeless veterans is seemingly not a concern of the state, as opposed to illegal immigrants and their families. <\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts \u2064Governor Maura T. \u2062Healey issued a state of emergency proclamation in August of last year,\u2062 citing the state\u2019s over 20,000 migrant shelter population.<\/p>\n<p>Due to capacity overruns, local hotels have had to provide spaces\u2062 to be utilized as emergency shelters. The state recently constructed a new temporary facility\u200d with 400 beds\u2062 earlier this month in Boston\u2019s\u2064 Melnea Cass\u2063 Recreational Center.<\/p>\n<p>Like New York, Massachusetts has a long-standing right to\u2064 refuge provision that requires the state to give families in dire need immediate refuge. Both New York and Massachusetts are referred \u2063to\u2063 as \u201csanctuary states.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>According\u2064 to the legislation, emergency shelters\u200b must include basic cooking capabilities,\u2063 and if they do not, the state is \u200drequired \u2063to \u2062step in \u2064and arrange for food delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The East Boston-based Spinelli Ravioli Manufacturing Company, a caterer, was recently \u200dgiven a $10 million, six-month, \u2064no-bid contract by <em>CBS<\/em> affiliate <em>WBZ<\/em> to prepare and transport meals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAs an approved state vendor, Spinelli\u2019s was contacted at the onset of the crisis,\u201d the company told <em>WBZ<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not the \u2064exclusive meal \u2064vendor and do not have a guaranteed contract, or financial agreement beyond this initial emergency period,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are currently in the bid process for an enduring contract and are \u2062looking forward to continue to aid the State and the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities to reach their goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The influx of illegal migrants into Massachusetts has become so \u2064dire that\u2062 some families are even taking\u200c it upon themselves to welcome and house them.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u2064a recent report, a migrant family of four\u2063 showed up at couple Jessica and Colin Stokes\u2019 home less than an hour \u2062after they had called the state\u2064 to volunteer to host migrants, according to\u200b <em>CBS News<\/em> Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Before the offer \u200bcame through, the family that the Stokes hosted had been\u2064 spending the night at Logan Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The Stokes\u2019 story is being told as the Cass \u2062Recreational Center in Roxbury, Massachusetts, which opened as the state\u2019s newest emergency shelter, filled up to 400 \u200cindividuals in just one week.<\/p>\n<p>A number of organizations were displaced by the \u2064shelter\u2019s opening, including the Boston\u200c United Track and Cross Country Club, which \u200ctypically serves minors from some of \u2063the city\u2019s poorest communities.<\/p>\n<p>The city authorities are continuing to scan the area in search of the next structure or building that they can take over and convert\u2063 into a refuge for displaced individuals without documentation. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare \u2064this\u2064 post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A house fire in Virginia kills one and injures 12 others. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Mike Davis<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Jobob<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Lara Logan<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group of 20 tech companies announced they will work together to\u200b prevent deceptive AI content from interfering with\u2064 elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI \u2063is working on a software that can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-cut-throat-venezuelan-gangs-recruiting-from-migrant-shelters\/\" title=\"Venezuelan gangs recruit from migrant shelters, report says\">generate minute-long videos based<\/a> on text prompts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Activision Blizzard has been hit with a\u200c U.S.\u200c lawsuit claiming it restricts competition for organized gaming involving \u201cCall of\u200d Duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com\u00a0has joined SpaceX and Trader \u2062Joe\u2019s in \u2063claiming that a U.S. labor agency\u2019s in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/call-of-duty-gamers-sue-activision-for-monopolizing-leagues-tournaments\/\" title=\"Call of Duty' gamers sue Activision over league and tournament monopolization\">-house enforcement proceedings violate<\/a> the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How has the capacity of \u200cthe temporary facility at the Melnea Cass Recreational Center been reached within days?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  And reached its capacity\u2062 within days. The center, which can accommodate 400 people,\u200b is now housing hundreds of\u200b migrant families who have sought \u200brefuge in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>The situation has sparked controversy \u2062and \u2062debate among social media users \u200band residents of the state. Many are expressing their frustration and outrage, questioning why the state is prioritizing the needs of illegal immigrants over those of homeless veterans and other \u200bvulnerable groups within \u2063the community.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting\u200d that Massachusetts Governor Maura \u200cT. Healey declared a state of emergency in August of last year, citing the overwhelming number \u2062of migrant families in need of shelter. As a result, hotels in \u200cthe state have been utilized as emergency shelters, and a temporary facility\u2064 was constructed\u2063 at the Melnea Cass \u2062Recreational Center \u200dto provide additional space.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts, along with New York, is known as a &#8220;sanctuary state&#8221; due to its longstanding policy of providing refuge to those in dire need.\u2063 According to legislation, \u2062emergency shelters must include basic cooking capabilities. If they do not,\u200d the state is required \u200dto step\u200d in and arrange for food delivery.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the \u200bincreased demand for meals, the East\u2064 Boston-based Spinelli Ravioli Manufacturing Company was awarded a $10\u2062 million, six-month, no-bid contract to prepare and transport meals \u200dfor the migrant families. The company emphasized that it is not the exclusive meal\u2064 vendor and does not have a guaranteed contract or financial agreement beyond the initial emergency period. However, they \u2063are currently \u200din \u2064the bid process for a long-term contract\u200c and are eager to continue supporting the state \u2063in reaching its goals.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200bthe state is providing food and refuge to incoming\u2063 illegal immigrants, the growing public expense of these services is a cause for concern. According\u2064 to documents obtained by CBS News Boston, Massachusetts has 17 contracts totaling $116 million to lodge migrant families until June. This includes the $10 million contract with the food provider.<\/p>\n<p>The cost \u2064breakdown of meals for each migrant being housed in hotels is $16 for breakfast, $17 for lunch, and $31 for dinner, totaling at \u200dleast $64 per person daily. The documents did not mention\u2063 the \u200ccost of additional amenities provided.<\/p>\n<p>As the influx of illegal\u200b migrants into Massachusetts\u200c continues, some\u2062 families and individuals have taken it upon themselves to welcome and house them. The Stokes \u200dfamily, for example, volunteered to host \u200cmigrants and received \u200ba family of four at their home less \u2062than \u200can hour after contacting the \u2062state. Prior to their arrival, the migrant family had been \u2062spending the night at Logan Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The situation in Massachusetts highlights the challenges and complexities of managing the \u2062influx of illegal immigrants\u200b and providing essential\u200b services such \u200das food and shelter. It also brings\u2064 to the forefront the ongoing\u200d debate surrounding the state&#8217;s priorities and \u2064the\u200d allocation of resources, particularly in relation to vulnerable\u2062 groups such as homeless veterans.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200c the state grapples with this issue, it is crucial to find a balanced and compassionate approach that addresses the needs of all individuals \u2063and communities, while also considering the financial implications and long-term sustainability of providing these services. Furthermore, it \u2062is essential to engage in a constructive \u200ddialogue that fosters understanding and empathy among\u200d residents and policymakers alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Migrant families seek refuge at Boston Logan International Airport&#8217;s Terminal E on Jan 30, 2024. (Photo: JOSEPH PREZIOSO\/AFP via Getty Images) OAN&#8217;s Brooke Mallory reports that Massachusetts is grappling with a backlog in its emergency shelter system, as revealed in recent documents. 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