Cash-Strapped Sanctuary State On Track For Record Number Of Deportation Cases

Federal 🛂Immigration authorities in Massachusetts, a state that has spent millions to house migrants, are on track to process a record number of deportation cases, Boston 25 reported.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has filed over 44,000 new deportation cases in Massachusetts courts during the first nine months of fiscal year 2024, according to Boston 25. Should this pace continue, the total number of filings in the state could reach nearly 59,000 by the end of the fiscal year — surpassing the 54,000 deportation cases seen the previous fiscal year, which was the biggest number of new filings in the state in roughly a quarter century.

The rising pace of cases continues despite Massachusetts, a “sanctuary state” for illegal migrants, taking steps to force asylum seekers out of shelters and incentivize them to leave the state completely.

Democratic Gov. Maura Healey last month declared that the state would limit stays at overflow shelters for migrants to just five days. Additionally, the governor’s office said plane tickets and other travel expenses would be covered for migrants wishing to relocate out of the state.

“I want to be clear, particularly to people outside of Massachusetts who may have gotten word that this is a place to come, that we do not have room here in Massachusetts,” Healey said during a July press conference, according to