The mayor of Woburn, where hotels are housing 150 migrant families, said the state’s 40-year-old right-to-shelter law “was not meant to cover what we’re seeing now.”
Tag: Immigration and Emigration
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The Pennsylvania Fugitive: Why Wasn’t He Deported?
Undocumented immigrants accused of minor crimes are often sent back to their homelands. Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a U.S. prison, had been facing a murder charge in Brazil.
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New York Employers Are Eager to Hire Migrants. They Can’t.
Many Democrats and business leaders favor giving migrants work permits, but pockets of tension and reluctance have created a complex political calculus.
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White House Urges Eligible Immigrants to Apply for Work Permits
The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to ensure that some migrants can quickly get jobs, in a bid to ease the spiraling political and financial costs of the crisis.
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After South African Fire, Migrants Fear a Violent Backlash
Some survivors have been detained by the police, while politicians have lashed out at the newcomers as scapegoats for intractable problems like crime, joblessness and a housing shortage.