Democrats will have to choose between immigrants and budget cuts

Budget cuts may be coming in Massachusetts, thanks to that state’s handouts to immigrants.

Massachusetts House Speaker Ron Mariano, a Democrat, recently hinted that budget cuts may come in fiscal 2026 in order to fund the state’s emergency shelter system. That system now costs the state $75 million per month (and is increasing). “Every program that we fund is susceptible to being tapped to get to fund this shelter program — not in this budget, but in the next budget,” Mariano told reporters last week. “People continue to come, and we have a commitment to keep this emergency shelter program open.”