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Migrants won't have priority as Mass. tweaks emergency shelter system
Under the new system, which goes into effect next month, migrants will qualify for five-day stays at new temporary respite centers in Cambridge, Chelsea, Lexington and Norfolk, but not for stays at existing Emergency Assistance shelters, according to the announcement. The governor says it is necessary for the times, but homelessness advocates worry it could do more harm than good....
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Mass. tweaks emergency shelter system; migrants won't have priority
Massachusetts, facing an unsustainable level of homelessness, is changing its emergency shelter system, the Healey administration announced Tuesday. Under the new system, which goes into effect next month, migrants will qualify for five-day stays at new temporary respite centers in Cambridge, Chelsea, Lexington and Norfolk, but not for stays at existing Emergency Assistance shelters, according to the announcement. It comes…
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Hundreds of migrants leave southern Mexico on foot in a new caravan headed for the US border
Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries have left from Mexico’s southern border on foot in an attempt to make it to the U.S. border.
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With shelters full and Logan Airport off limits, where will migrant families sleep?
The situation for migrants seeking a roof over their head seems to be entering a new dire phase in Massachusetts. With shelters at capacity and Logan International Airport now off limits as a place to sleep at night, some migrants and their families are ending up in the street. Those staying at the Family Welcome Center (FWC) day shelter in…
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With shelters overrun and the airport off limits, where will migrants go?
Migrants with no access to night shelters were allowed to stay at Logan Airport until last week. Now the only options are to sleep on the streets, try to find an open MBTA station, or take the commonwealth up on their offer to pay for a trip to another state....
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‘We'll do whatever it takes': Nonprofit helping shelter migrants who had to leave Logan
A week after being required to leave Logan Airport, migrants who were staying there are trying to pick up the pieces. After a July 9 deadline was imposed by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, people who were staying at Boston’s airport amid a shelter crisis were forced to leave. On one of the hottest days of the year, parents waited outside…
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Nonprofit providing shelter for migrants who had to leave Logan Airport last week
La Colaborativa, based in Chelsea, has picked up migrant families in Quincy to give them somewhere to sleep during this week’s heat.
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Border arrests plunge 29% in June to the lowest of Biden's presidency as asylum halt takes hold
Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plunged 29% in June to the lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency.
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US signs deal to help Panama remove migrants who may be heading north
The United States is going to pay for flights and offer other help to Panama to remove migrants.
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Feds extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants
Federal immigration officials on Friday extended a legal status for Haitian immigrants — who make up the majority of the population of new arrivals into Massachusetts — for an additional 18 months. Temporary Protected Status is an immigration classification granted by the Department of Homeland Security to foreign-born individuals who are unable to return home safely due to conditions like…
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Migrant families will no longer be allowed to sleep at Logan, Healey says
Migrant families who sought out shelter at Logan International Airport will no longer be allowed to sleep there, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced Friday as it unveiled new plans to manage the overtaxed emergency shelter system. Massachusetts’ Emergency Assistance shelter system has been at its capacity of 7,500 families for months, with hundreds of others on the waitlist. Families with nowhere…
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Federal judge awards over $1.5 million to US citizen siblings falsely held in CBP custody
A federal judge in California has awarded a family $1.5 million after ruling U.S. Customs and Border Protection violated the rights of a 9-year-old girl and her brother who were falsely imprisoned while trying to cross into the U.S.
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Upon arrival: Migrants in Massachusetts
In August 2023, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency as a historic influx of migrants sought out help from the Commonwealth’s strained shelter system. Massachusetts is the only state in the country with a “right-to-shelter” law, which guarantees homeless families access to emergency shelter. In June, Healey sent state officials down to the southern border to emphasize…
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Homeland Security says border arrests fall more than 40% since Biden's halt to asylum processing
The Homeland Security Department says arrests for illegal border crossings dropped more than 40% during the three weeks asylum processing has been suspended.
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‘Apply as soon as possible': Lawyer explains what the Biden administration's new immigration plan consists of
An immigration attorney breaks down how the Biden administration’s new immigration plan works and who will benefit the most.
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Federal judge to consider a partial end to special court oversight of child migrants
For 27 years, federal courts have held special oversight over custody conditions for child migrants. The Biden administration wants a judge to partially lift those powers. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee is considering the request at a hearing in Los Angeles on Friday, barely a week before new safeguards take effect.
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Biden is offering some migrants a pathway to citizenship. Here's how the plan will work
A new Biden administration policy announced Tuesday will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children.
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Biden new immigration policy aims to not ‘tear families apart'
President Joe Biden announced a new streamlined process for certain spouses of U.S. citizens to seek permanent residents or citizenship. “There’s already a system in place for people we’re talking about today, but the process is cumbersome, risky and separates families … this action is a better way that doesn’t tear families apart,” the president said Tuesday.
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What is Biden's new policy for undocumented immigrants?
The action aims to shield undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation.
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Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden
President Joe Biden ordered an expansive election-year step Tuesday to offer potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S., aiming to balance his recent aggressive crackdown on the southern border that enraged advocates and many Democratic lawmakers.