Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s Charade at the Southern Border
July 02, 2024
Things are pretty dire in the illegal alien sanctuary Bay State. As FAIR’s 2023 report showed, 393,000 illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children live in Massachusetts, costing taxpayers $2.9 billion annually for health care, education, criminal justice, and general welfare. That does not account for an additional $850 million the Massachusetts Legislature is considering to cover unexpected and mounting expenses. Nor does it account for the recent addition of 4,000 indigent migrants living in overflowing state shelters. More are arriving each day, forcing a statewide scramble to locate additional “safety-net sites.” There are other costs as well, such as the introduction of waitlists for families at homeless shelters.
It’s no surprise then that Governor Maura Healey decided it was high time for some clever public relations and crafty damage control in order to placate increasingly irate voters, for whom immigration has risen to the top of their concerns (reflecting national trends). In a June 25, 2024 press release Gov. Healey proudly declared she “has sent members of her administration to the U.S. southern border, as record numbers of immigrant families continue to arrive in Boston and the state’s family shelter system is at capacity. The goal of the trip is to make connections with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Joint Task Force-North, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and families to educate them about the lack of shelter availability in Massachusetts.”
It’s a polite and bureaucratic way to say “don’t come here,” but Massachusetts voters — and illegal aliens — know the words are meaningless without unilateral state action. After all, much like a battered spouse who seeks a restraining order against an abusive partner, but continues to invite them in while offering full-course meals, Governor Healey’s contradictory behavior is not likely to dissuade illegal aliens from coming to her state – not until sanctuary policies are reversed.
And there’s plenty to reverse.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/07/02/massachusetts-governor-maura-healeys-charade-southern-border
