Report: 1,000-plus ‘Serious Incidents’ at Massachusetts State Shelters
As the new New Hampshire governor touts the ‘illegal immigrant crisis right down the road’ as a selling point for fleeing Bay Staters
By Andrew R. Arthur on January 14, 2025
The Boston Globe published a shocking expose last week detailing rampant lawlessness at shelters housing families — including migrants — in Massachusetts under the state’s unique “right to shelter” law. That news dropped shortly after newly elected New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R), in her January 9 inaugural address, extended an invitation to her disgruntled neighbors in the Bay State to come on up as she warned about “the Massachusetts illegal immigrant crisis right down the road”.
The Massachusetts “Right to Shelter” Law. Speaking of inaugural addresses, in January 1983, newly sworn-in Massachusetts Gov. Mike Dukakis (D) called for “a statewide effort which will provide the necessities of life to those in desperate need”.
He continued: “If needed, we will draw on surplus state hospitals, unused public schools and, as a last resort, National Guard armories to shelter the homeless and to distribute surplus food.”
Legislators on Beacon Hill took up his idea, passing what has since become (with amendments) section 30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws of Massachusetts, formally captioned the “emergency housing assistance program”, but more commonly known as the “right to shelter” law.
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