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In Revere, Latino victory reflects a changing city
IT WAS A little more than two weeks before Election Day as Juan Jaramillo took a seat at Casa Blanca, a pastry shop that takes up a sliver of space in a shopping plaza between the last stop on the...
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Lawmakers fail to reach deal on shelter funds
THE LEGISLATURE adjourned early Thursday morning with no agreement between the two branches on an omnibus close-out spending bill that included $250 million to keep the state’s emergency shelter...
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House Republicans threaten to block action on spending plan
HOUSE REPUBLICANS indicated on Wednesday that they intend to block Democrats if they try to ram through a $2.8 billion closeout budget containing money for the state’s emergency shelter program during...
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Republicans spoil Democrats’ shelter crisis compromise
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS finally reached a compromise Thursday on a $2.8 billion spending bill that includes $250 million for the state’s emergency shelter program, but they couldn’t win legislative...
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Richie Neal wants to make a deal
RICHARD NEAL, first elected to Congress in 1988, has made his bones by helping broker deals big and small, on and off Capitol Hill. The Good Friday Agreement, which ended the violence in Northern...
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Emergency shelter facilities distributed unevenly across Mass.
BACK IN AUGUST, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll called on state residents to help deal with an influx of migrants from other countries by hosting a family in “an extra room or suite in your home.” It’s unclear...
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A better way to deal with the state’s shelter crisis
WHEN IMMIGRANTS began arriving in Massachusetts earlier this year in large waves, crowding into hotels and emergency shelters, a sense of crisis took root. We were in uncharted territory as tension...
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Healey seeks $893m for shelter system
GOV. MAURA HEALEY on Wednesday asked the Legislature for permission to drain an $893 million surplus funds account to cover shortfalls in the emergency shelter budget during the remainder of the...
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Report sees shifts in immigrant demographics
OVER THE LAST three decades, the demographics of immigrants coming to the Boston area have changed. According to a new report, their countries of origin have shifted, many more end up residing outside...
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Mariano patience running thin on emergency shelter funding
HOUSE SPEAKER Ron Mariano, who is trying to keep the Healey administration on a short leash when it comes to the emergency shelter system, indicated that this year’s presidential and congressional...
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Mass. residents say ‘immigration/migrants’ top issue facing state
LESS THAN 20 MONTHS ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent a planeload of Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard to give Massachusetts a taste of what it’s like to have unexpected visitors show up on...
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UMass comings and goings reflect impact of immigrants
THIS FRIDAY, the University of Massachusetts community will gather in Amherst to celebrate the inauguration of UMass Amherst’s 31st leader, Chancellor Javier Reyes. Dr. Reyes was born and raised in...
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Senate, House cut deal on emergency shelter funding
SENATE AND HOUSE negotiators on Wednesday proposed a new nine-month limit on how long families can stay in the state’s emergency shelters, while authorizing withdrawals up to $426 million from a state...
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Healey telling migrants Mass. shelters are full
GOV. MAURA HEALEY disclosed early Tuesday morning that she sent aides to the country’s southern border to put out the word that Massachusetts emergency shelters are full. “This trip is an important...
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Healey keeps pulling up the emergency shelter system’s welcome mat
GOV. MAURA HEALEY continued her makeover of the state’s emergency shelter program in a bid to make it less welcoming to families arriving from abroad. The latest changes further restrict who will be...
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Learning firsthand the value of helping immigrants
I WAS SLIGHTLY nervous the first night. Some of what I knew to prepare was obvious: Clean sheets, basic toiletries, and toys for the young child. But I kept asking myself questions like, “Do I need a...
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Healey expands scope of shelter law shakeup
WITH THE STATE’S family shelter system under pressure from mounting costs and violent on-site incidents, Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday recommended statutory changes to the decades-old Right to Shelter...
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‘Are you out of your mind?’: Five moments from Mayor Michelle Wu’s...
Mayor Michelle Wu offered a forceful defense of the city’s decade-old Trust Act, a policy that limits Boston police cooperation with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during a testy House...
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Immigrants can make us rich, if we let them
PRESIDENT TRUMP has made immigration a top issue of his second term, signing a number of executive orders and promising further action. These policies include limiting legal immigration and ending...
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