Are you shocked? I’m not. Another Democrat Governor reached out with a plea for help dealing with the immigration crisis in his state. Before we start pointing fingers at red-state governors, lets not forget that US government (Biden’s administration) was busing and flying migrants around long before anyone else—and they continue to do so.
“Governor Charlie Baker implored President Biden to provide “urgent assistance” to help resettle thousands of migrants who have streamed into Massachusetts in recent months, asking for increased housing and employment benefits, as well as funding for local nonprofits helping them.
The governor’s request, made Monday, comes at a time when the state’s homeless shelters are so overwhelmed by the influx of migrants — most entering the country at the US-Mexico border — that the Baker administration has resorted to placing approximately 100 families, many from Central America and Haiti, in hotels.
In an interview on GBH radio last week, Baker called the scale of immigration at the southern border a “crisis.” “The numbers are staggering,” he said, “and they are going to affect lots of states, including ours.”
Local officials in Kingston and Plymouth expressed frustration with the Baker administration last week and said they were not given proper notice that migrants and homeless people would be relocated to hotels in their towns. The Boston Globe reported that 107 people, including 64 children, were sheltered at a hotel in Kingston. Most of them were reportedly illegal immigrants and non-English speakers from Haiti.
Kingston Town Administrator Keith Hickey complained that the presence of these migrants would put an unexpected strain on the town.
“I have expressed my disappointment to the representatives of DHCD,” Hickey told the Globe. “The Kingston School Department is going to have to educate these children with resources and tools that were not expected, that were not anticipated.”