There now exists in the Commonwealth a state of emergency due to rapid and unabating increases in the number of families with children and pregnant women, many of them new arriving migrants and refugees living with the State, but without the means to secure safe shelters in our communities.
Maura Healey: “There now exists in the Commonwealth a state of emergency due to rapid and unabating increases in the number of families…”
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Massachusetts Governor declares a state of emergency for migrant families.
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