An East Boston church that recently took in dozens of migrants who have nowhere else to go says they will soon have to leave. An East Boston church that recently took in dozens of migrants who have nowhere else to go says they will soon have to leave. Massachusetts has been dealing with a surge of migrants in need of…

As Massachusetts deals with a surge of migrants in need of shelter, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church opened its doors, but it now says dozens of people need to leave.

A Haitian man accused charged with raping a 15-year-old at a hotel that serves as an emergency shelter for migrant families in Rockland, Massachusetts, appeared in court on Thursday, his first appearance since he was arrested by federal immigration officials outside his home in Brockton. Cory B. Alvarez is accused of the sexual assault of the teen at the Comfort…

A man who was previously indicted on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old at a hotel that serves as an emergency shelter for migrant families in Rockland, Massachusetts, was arrested by federal immigration officials outside his home in Brockton, his attorney said Tuesday. Cory B. Alvarez, who is from Haiti, is accused of the sexual assault of the teen at the…

Under the Healey Administration’s new emergency shelter policies migrants and homeless families living in state-operated overflow shelters will be limited to just five days.  It also makes any family who chooses to stay at one of these overflow shelters after Aug. 1 — ineligible for the emergency housing waitlist for six months. Two critics of those changes, State Rep. Erika...

Dozens of migrant families will be forced out onto the streets Friday because of Massachusetts’ new shelter policies. The new restrictions are creating controversy statewide. Protestors gathered for a vigil at the State House Thursday, rallying against these new emergency shelter policies that went into effect Aug. 1. Those changes limit stays in overflow shelters to five business days. It…

Massachusetts’ migrant crisis is coming into focus Friday as new rules will force dozens of migrant families out of shelters.

The day before dozens of families are scheduled to be evicted from Massachusetts shelters, protestors plan to hold a vigil at the State House Thursday over new restrictions Gov. Maura Healey made to the family shelter system. Healey’s latest shelter policies limit families to spending a maximum of five business days at overflow sites and makes those people ineligible...

Boston city councilors are calling on Gov. Maura Healey to reverse changes to Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system after the administration put a five-day limit for overflow shelters. The calls for action come just hours after the changes went into effect and on the heels of spirited protest. Nine of 13 city councilors signed onto this letter to Healey Thursday —…

Boston city councilors say they are not satisfied with Gov. Maura Healey’s new plan to handle the migrant housing crisis. In a letter to the governor, several councilors say they want her to abandon the changes and reinstate the previous plan.