Democrats in this blue state double down on protecting criminal migrants. For one silly reason
In Massachusetts, Gov. Healey says she intends to use 'every tool in the toolbox' to 'protect' migrants from any deportation efforts made by the Trump team
By John Deaton Fox News
Published December 10, 2024 7:00am EST
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During the last four years, Massachusetts has been overwhelmed by the migrant surge coming across the southern border. Last year, Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency, citing the rapid increase in migrant families seeking shelter and the state’s inability to adequately accommodate them.
Before the November 5th election, Healey was sending top deputies to the southern border to deliver a message that Massachusetts had no more vacancies. Healey, along with eight other Democratic governors, pleaded for federal action, including asking for funding to support states that had spent billions of dollars on housing and feeding the migrants.
Massachusetts was hit so hard democratic lawmakers condemned Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey for opposing bipartisan immigration reform. Two years of unrelenting waves of migrants continue to cost Massachusetts taxpayers between $1 and $2 billion annually – with no end in sight. Gov. Healey, herself, took aim at the Biden/Harris administration, stating: "This is not a problem that Massachusetts created."
Yet when relief is being offered, Massachusetts Democrats are not only rejecting that relief, but they’re also pledging to fight it to protect illegal migrants, even ones accused of abhorrent crimes, at the expense of taxpayers and public safety.
Why? Because it involves President Trump. Democrats fighting Trump, when it comes to reasonable common-sense deportations, will prove short-sighted, even in blue Massachusetts. Without question, Trump’s position on illegal immigration played a major role in why Trump improved his standing with voters in practically every city and town across Massachusetts.
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