Gov. Maura Healey pledged that the cost of running emergency shelters housing migrants and locals would decrease from its historic levels and pushed back on conservatives who have labeled Massachusetts a “sanctuary state” harboring illegal immigrants.

A top Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official listed policies in Massachusetts that restrict cooperation between federal immigration authorities and

A top ICE official is blasting back at Gov. Maura Healey’s declaration that Massachusetts is “not a sanctuary state.” As the Herald reported Monday, the governor admitted that the cost of housing migrants is “overwhelming,

Massachusetts Gov. Healey clarified that her state is not a sanctuary state, despite sanctuary policies in eight Massachusetts cities.