Massachusetts abandons airport migrant shelter solution: ‘Not an appropriate place’

Published June 28, 2024 10:05pm ET



Illegal immigrants will no longer be allowed to encamp in Boston’s Logan International Airport as Massachusetts begins housing migrants in a taxpayer-funded emergency facility. 

Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) broke the news on Friday, saying that effective July 9, migrants will be banned from sheltering in the state’s largest airport. Instead, the sanctuary state will transfer migrants to a taxpayer-funded facility in Norfolk. Massachusetts is opening up an emergency shelter in a former minimum-security prison facility that will accommodate approximately 450 people.

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