Gov. Healey Facing Surge Of Political Outrage Over Alleged Migrant Crime

By Jon Keller, CBS Boston

March 21, 2024

BOSTON - As Beacon Hill struggles to deal with a surge of homeless migrants, Governor Maura Healey finds herself dealing with another surge -- of political outrage over reports of migrant crime.

Despite reports to the contrary the governor says migrant work permits are still being issued as the state scrambles to ease a crisis she blames on congressional failure to act on a bipartisan bill that would have provided resources to vet the migrants and funding to shelter them. "Donald Trump said no deal, no deal before the election, and they all pulled back, the Republicans pulled back," she said in an exclusive interview with WBZ News. "That's playing politics and we and other states continue to pay the price."

And in the wake of the alleged rape of a disabled 15-year-old girl in a Rockland hotel by a Haitian migrant, political posturing on the issue is intensifying.

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