Stay updated with breaking news from Jeff Thielman. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Governor Maura Healey was mostly mum on a policy that would allow officials to prevent migrants from claiming asylum, training her fire not on the president but on Congress for failing to pass an immigration bill.
Language skills, housing transiency and transportation can all pose barriers to employment.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/IEZ2JRMVQJHFHFFMHXAKLTG3TQ.jpeg)
Local companies tell Investigative Reporter, Kerry Kavanaugh, that they are in desperate need of workers.
Currently, about 51% of families – upwards of 3,800 families – in the emergency shelter system are local Massachusetts residents.
A 1-year program in Massachusetts would help around 400 migrant families using $8 million from the supplemental budget