Maura Healey

including a gang that has recently been cited by the new ICE director. So, you know, it's also the case like here, you know, with the migrants who came in. And by the way, they were fleeing the worst conditions imaginable, right? I saw them. I met with many of them. We got them work authorizations. They're working. They're paying taxes. These are all people with lawful status now.

including a gang that has recently been cited by the new ICE director. So, you know, it's also the case like here, you know, with the migrants who came in. And by the way, they were fleeing the worst conditions imaginable, right? I saw them. I met with many of them. We got them work authorizations. They're working. They're paying taxes. These are all people with lawful status now.

Their kids are going to school. They're contributing to our economy. They're working in our hospitals and nursing homes. That's what I chose to do. Ron DeSantis chose to put people on a plane and use them. Greg Abbott chose to put people on buses and use them to make a point. I'll tell you the difference of being a Democratic governor.

Their kids are going to school. They're contributing to our economy. They're working in our hospitals and nursing homes. That's what I chose to do. Ron DeSantis chose to put people on a plane and use them. Greg Abbott chose to put people on buses and use them to make a point. I'll tell you the difference of being a Democratic governor.

We actually found a way to take care of these people, get them jobs, get them working, and get them contributing to our economies.

We actually found a way to take care of these people, get them jobs, get them working, and get them contributing to our economies.

There's just a lack of trust generally. There's a lack of trust. And, you know, it's hard to overcome the fear mongering that's gone on. The number of people in what are our emergency shelter system here in Massachusetts now.

There's just a lack of trust generally. There's a lack of trust. And, you know, it's hard to overcome the fear mongering that's gone on. The number of people in what are our emergency shelter system here in Massachusetts now.

See, to zoom out, we're the only state in the country that has what's called a right to shelter law that houses women and children and families who are experiencing homelessness. And as a result, the law has required us to take in numbers, including migrants who've arrived here as homeless. I've recently made proposals to the legislature to change that, but it's been a challenging situation.

See, to zoom out, we're the only state in the country that has what's called a right to shelter law that houses women and children and families who are experiencing homelessness. And as a result, the law has required us to take in numbers, including migrants who've arrived here as homeless. I've recently made proposals to the legislature to change that, but it's been a challenging situation.

I'll say, though, that even within that system, the majority of folks in that system are actually Massachusetts families. They're not new immigrant families, okay? But it's about what the public perception is. And all I can do is try to manage my way through it.

I'll say, though, that even within that system, the majority of folks in that system are actually Massachusetts families. They're not new immigrant families, okay? But it's about what the public perception is. And all I can do is try to manage my way through it.

I mean, I think that what we're focused on is really about... your, are you, have you been living in Massachusetts or did you just get evicted from your apartment in Pennsylvania and you got on a bus and drove up here?

I mean, I think that what we're focused on is really about... your, are you, have you been living in Massachusetts or did you just get evicted from your apartment in Pennsylvania and you got on a bus and drove up here?

Like our law is meant to actually take a families who for one reason or another in Massachusetts became homeless, not to be a refuge for people from other States who sadly, uh, and with compassion, um, I say this became homeless and then come to Massachusetts to get housing. That's not the point of the law.

Like our law is meant to actually take a families who for one reason or another in Massachusetts became homeless, not to be a refuge for people from other States who sadly, uh, and with compassion, um, I say this became homeless and then come to Massachusetts to get housing. That's not the point of the law.

First of all, I don't really even know what he's talking about, to be honest. Again, I'm somebody whose state police regularly work with Homeland Security, ATF, FBI, DEA on the investigation and prosecution of folks, including folks who are undocumented, who have and are committing crimes, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, human trafficking. That was the way before Trump.

First of all, I don't really even know what he's talking about, to be honest. Again, I'm somebody whose state police regularly work with Homeland Security, ATF, FBI, DEA on the investigation and prosecution of folks, including folks who are undocumented, who have and are committing crimes, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, human trafficking. That was the way before Trump.

It will be the way after Trump. So I don't really know what he's referring to in terms of or why he singled out Boston. Again, Boston.

It will be the way after Trump. So I don't really know what he's referring to in terms of or why he singled out Boston. Again, Boston.