Healey also repeated a call for Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill, an accomplishment that Congress has been unable to replicate since the 1980s.
"We don't have housing available right now," she said, describing the message her delegation brought to Texas earlier this week."And we wanted to be really clear. It's something I've been saying for a long time, but I think it's important that we be able to communicate directly with folks on the ground there."
State government over the last year-plus has vastly increased spending to accommodate migrant arrivals who have fled their home countries. While Massachusetts opened its doors, officials in recent months agreed to new plans to force some migrant families out of shelters and are now sending a more firm message about how much Massachusetts can do.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday praised law enforcement efforts to stem southern border crossings.
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