Sheltering Foreign Migrants Costing Massachusetts $900 Million-Plus A Year

Providing emergency shelters and other services for migrants coming into the country without a place to stay will cost the Massachusetts state government more than $900 million this fiscal year and a similar amount next fiscal year, state officials said. The state was housing 3,516 families who entered the United States "as migrants, refugees, or asylum seekers" in emergency-assistance shelters as of Tuesday, December 12, according to a report from state released this week. Some 7,531 families

Providing emergency shelters and other services for migrants coming into the country without a place to stay will cost the Massachusetts state government more than $900 million this fiscal year and a similar amount next fiscal year, state officials said. The state was housing 3,516 families who entered the United States "as migrants, refugees, or asylum seekers" in emergency-assistance shelters as of Tuesday, December 12, according to a report from state released this week. Some 7,531 families…