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By adamg - 11/10/23 - 10:31 am

WBUR reports the state's family shelter program reached its maximum capacity of 7,500 families yesterday, meaning new applicants will be put on a wait list instead of immediately finding them a place to stay - the first time that's happened since the program began 40 years ago. State officials say it's partly due to the overall unaffordability of Massachusetts housing, partly due to the busloads of immigrant families southern border states are now sending here.

By adamg - 9/1/20 - 9:20 pm

A federal appeals court today dismissed a preliminary injunction that had barred ICE agents from arresting immigrants appearing in Massachusetts court cases during a suit against the practice by district attorneys in Suffolk and Middlesex counties and several civil-rights groups. Read more.

By adamg - 5/8/20 - 10:25 am

The Washington Post profiles people who died of coronavirus at home, including Julio Ayala of East Boston, who resisted going to the hospital until it was too late, because he needed to support his family.

On the evening of April 10, Julio’s cough became a painful wheeze, she said. This time, when she implored him to go the hospital, he agreed.

“Mañana,” he said. Tomorrow.

He wouldn’t make it there.

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