Massachusetts Republicans have submitted a formal request with the state’s government for information on the alleged “$1 billion in secret migrant crisis spending” as the Bay State grapples with the migrant crisis.
In a release from the state’s Republican Party, MassGOP, the group demanded that Gov. Maura Healey’s administration provides a detailed cost breakdown of the toll that the migrant crisis has caused for the state’s residents.
“The Healey-Driscoll Administration has shrouded nearly $1 billion spent in secrecy, leaving Massachusetts residents in the dark,” MassGOP chair Amy Carnevale said in a statement. “They have withheld critical information on 600 incidents involving police, fire and EMT. Blocking journalists at every turn, the administration has obstructed the flow of information to the public.”
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Migrants sleep on the floor at Boston Logan International Airport. (David L. Ryan/Boston Globe via Getty Images/File)
Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass., looks at Army cots set up on the gym floor as state and local officials toured the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex in Roxbury in January. (Getty Images)
In a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Carnevale demanded the specifics of the state’s funding to provide housing for migrants.
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In the FOIA request, Carnevale called for the Healey administration to provide the names of government and private entities that are providing emergency housing for migrants, where the emergency housing is located, any correspondents relating to public safety concerns, and any incident reports or police reports.
Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass., declared a state of emergency last year due to rapidly rising numbers of migrant families arriving in the state. (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Carnevale argued that the Democrats’ supermajority has created a…
