{"id":2206022,"date":"2024-03-25T19:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T23:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-burning-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-may-soon-run-out-of-cash-amid-migrant-crisis\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T19:45:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T23:45:10","slug":"massachusetts-burning-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-may-soon-run-out-of-cash-amid-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-burning-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-may-soon-run-out-of-cash-amid-migrant-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Spending $75 Million Monthly on Shelters, Facing Cash Shortage Amid Migrant 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\">26<\/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-burning-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-may-soon-run-out-of-cash-amid-migrant-crisis%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=2206022&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--><p>Massachusetts \u200cspends about $75 million monthly on\u200c shelters \u200dand might face a cash shortage amid a\u2062 migrant crisis. Governor Maura Healey&#8217;s administration\u2062 has not specified the depletion date but it&#8217;s expected to be \u200cin \u2064early or mid-April. The state is accommodating thousands\u200c of migrants, putting \u200da strain \u2063on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/upstate-new-york-officials-tell-nyc-mayor-to-stop-bussing-illegal-immigrants-to-their-regions\/\" title=\"NY Officials to NYC Mayor: Stop Bussing Illegal Immigrants Upstate.\">shelter systems<\/a> and finances. Discussions are underway in the legislature to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fundamental-lack-of-strategy-gop-sens-blunt-burr-demand-answers-from-biden-administration-on-covid-test-shortage\/\" title=\"\u2018Fundamental Lack Of Strategy\u2019: GOP Sens. Blunt, Burr Demand Answers From Biden Administration On COVID Test Shortage\">allocate additional funds<\/a> to address the \u200dcrisis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts is spending about $75 million a month on shelters and is reportedly on track to run out of cash next month as officials struggle to contend with a migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Governor Maura Healey\u2019s administration has not revealed exactly when the money is slated to run out, but it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2024\/03\/22\/massachusetts-spending-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-cash-could-run-out-in-april-without-infusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected<\/a> to be sometime in early or mid-April, according to the Boston Herald.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have any further updates at this time. We are encouraged by the progress the Legislature has made and look forward to working with them to finalize the supplemental budget as soon as possible,\u201d Matt Murphy, spokesman for the administration\u2019s Executive Office for Administration &#038; Finance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2024\/03\/22\/massachusetts-spending-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-cash-could-run-out-in-april-without-infusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the news outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts has seen an influx of thousands of migrants in recent months that has strained the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporters-grill-psaki-over-lack-of-access-to-border-crisis-you-promised-truth-and-transparency\/\" title=\"Reporters Grill Psaki Over Lack Of Access To Border Crisis: You \u2018Promised\u2019 Truth And Transparency\">shelter system<\/a> as well as its finances.<\/p>\n<p>About 7,500 families <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts-sets-new-requirements-migrants-shelters-open-chelsea-soldiers-home-site\/NXLYNYCUURBRFAUPWURTKJUMK4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are currently<\/a> living in emergency assistance shelters, and another\u00a0240 families are currently living at state overflow sites. Those numbers do not take into account the thousands more single migrants and homeless Americans housed in the shelters.<\/p>\n<p>The state legislature is currently negotiating a new spending plan with lawmakers working to add hundreds of millions of dollars to the state\u2019s budget to fund the government\u2019s response to the migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hopeful that once we get into this discussion with our counterparts that we\u2019ll be able to produce something with time to spare in terms of any funding running out,\u201d House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz, a Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2024\/03\/22\/massachusetts-spending-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-cash-could-run-out-in-april-without-infusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts will soon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/mass-adding-new-requirements-for-migrants-opening-chelsea-soldiers-home-site\/3318181\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">start<\/a> requiring migrants at the shelters to start showing they are attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-house-democrats-vote-for-largest-amnesty-in-american-history\/\" title=\"Vulnerable House Democrats Vote for 'Largest Amnesty in American History'\">obtain work<\/a> or housing, the Healey administration announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Healey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/massachusetts-governor-says-state-can-no-longer-guarantee-shelter-for-migrant-families\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a>\u00a0in October that the state could no longer guarantee shelter for migrant families as the shelter system reached capacity due to a flood of illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are entering a new phase of this challenge \u2014 we can no longer guarantee shelter placement for families who are sent here,\u201d Healey said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Healey <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/4260155-massachusetts-migrants-homeless-no-shelter-gaurantee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a> a state of emergency over the migrant issue and activated 250 state National Guard members to aid shelters and hotels that are housing migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Healey has urged the Biden administration to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-issues-major-disaster-declaration-for-california-alabama\/\" title=\"Biden Issues Major Disaster Declaration for California, Alabama\">provide federal aid<\/a> to Massachusetts for the crisis, as well as to speed up the work visa approval process for migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Other states and cities are also struggling with a huge influx of illegal migrants who have arrived in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>New York City has a similar shelter crisis with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-city-to-limit-migrant-family-shelter-stays-to-60-days-mayor-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than<\/a> 183,000 migrants arriving since spring of 2022. Chicago has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/sites\/texas-new-arrivals\/home\/Dashboard.html#:~:text=Since%20August%2031%2C%202022%2C%20the,the%20City's%20new%20arrivals%20response.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seen<\/a> more than 37,000 migrants arrive since the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massachusetts spends $75 million monthly on shelters and may exhaust funds soon due to a migrant crisis. Governor Maura Healey&#8217;s administration has not disclosed the precise date of depletion, though it is anticipated to occur next month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2206023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2023362702.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2023362702.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206022","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\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}