Massachusetts Gov. Healey warns state nearly out of room to house new illegal immigrants

Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healey on Monday warned that the state would soon run out of room to house more illegal immigrants amid a surge in new arrivals to the Northeast that has pushed left-wing, pro-immigration bastions to the breaking point.

"We are being very clear... we are not going to be able to guarantee placement for folks who are sent here after the end of this month," she said, according to Politico. The state has a "right-to-shelter" law that obligates it provide housing to families who meet certain qualifications. Healey made clear that the state would not move to end that law.

The state's shelter system witnessed a doubling of the number of families for which it must provide over the past year, with roughly 7,000 households currently in state-provided shelter. Roughly half of those families are immigrant arrivals.

Healey further urged the Biden administration to provide assistance to her state to deal with the uptick in new families, saying "I’m hopeful that they will result in action soon for our state. But in the meantime we can’t wait."

Massachusetts, however, is not the only Democratic bastion to buckle under the weight of a migration surge. New York City, for its part, has sought to suspend its own "right-to-shelter" mandate as it struggles to accommodate tens of thousands of illegal immigrants. More than 110,000 have arrived in the Big Apple over the past year, straining the city's resources and forcing Democratic Mayor Eric Adams to pursue non-conventional housing options.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last month, issued a similar warning to illegal immigrants, telling them not to come to New York due to the inability of the government to provide them with housing.

"If you're going to leave your country, go somewhere else," Hochul said. "We have to let the word out that when you come to New York, you’re not going to have more hotel rooms."

Driving some of the increase in migrant arrivals to the Northeast is the government of Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has pursued a policy of bussing illegal entrants to the country to left-wing sanctuary cities in a bid to highlight the Biden administration's lax approach to border enforcement. Thus far, Texas has directly sent at least 13,000 people to New York City alone.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter.