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New reality of what it means to be a 'Sanctuary City' hitting home for residents ("Sorry to have awoken you from your slumber.")
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<blockquote data-quote="NationalMatch" data-source="post: 4210425" data-attributes="member: 48586"><p>WASHINGTON (TND) — Leaders of several American cities are sounding alarm bells that they've now reached a breaking point.</p><p></p><p>"We're here today because we really don’t have a choice," said Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass., Wednesday after touring a recreational center in Roxbury, Massachusetts ahead of immigrant families' arrival.</p><p></p><p>But she is facing pushback from residents there, for converting it into a migrant shelter.</p><p></p><p>"We sympathize with them. We as people in our community, we love. But sometimes we love so much that we spite our own selves," Clifton Braithwaite, a community activist <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/roxbury-melnea-cass-recreation-center-migrants-massachusetts/" target="_blank">told WBZ.</a></p><p></p><p>Some are furious they could lose the facility for the next four months, which serves as a second home for senior citizens and neighborhood kids alike.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, it's all unfolding as residents watch other aspects of daily life grow more difficult.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345998346112" target="_blank"> an interview with Fox News</a> Thursday, she said when hers and other cities were designated “sanctuary cities,” they may not have thought through how much support would be needed.</p><p></p><p>"There’s a concern that their local resources are going to be depleted so I think it’s shedding light on what it really means to be a sanctuary city," Murphy told The National Desk.</p><p></p><p>In New York City there are similar challenges, where <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-migrants-shelter-new-york-tents-dd45276daa05992e2e7420fe37c7c288" target="_blank">a tent camp is growing by the day</a> outside of the major shelter there.</p><p></p><p>"We don’t have anywhere to live and there’s no work," one man said.</p><p></p><p>It's a reality many advocates have criticized, including David Giffen, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Questions about making ends meet also loom large for big cities.</p><p></p><p>Chicago <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/texas-new-arrivals/home/cost-dashboard.html" target="_blank">has already spent</a> more than $156 million to pay for migrants.</p><p></p><p>Denver <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/denver-currently-sheltering-4277-migrants-40-million-spent-so-far-on-support-efforts/" target="_blank">has spent </a>more than $40 million.</p><p></p><p>New York City <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/10/23/city-officials-provide-little-details-on-daily-migrant-spending" target="_blank">has reported spending </a>$2 billion, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/nyregion/adams-nyc-migrants-cost.html" target="_blank">projecting $12 billion more</a> if things don’t change.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://ktul.com/news/nation-world/new-reality-of-what-it-means-to-be-a-sanctuary-city-hitting-home-for-residents-massachusetts-maura-healey-new-york-city-chicago-denver-billions-costs-border-migrants-immigrants-texas#[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NationalMatch, post: 4210425, member: 48586"] WASHINGTON (TND) — Leaders of several American cities are sounding alarm bells that they've now reached a breaking point. "We're here today because we really don’t have a choice," said Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass., Wednesday after touring a recreational center in Roxbury, Massachusetts ahead of immigrant families' arrival. But she is facing pushback from residents there, for converting it into a migrant shelter. "We sympathize with them. We as people in our community, we love. But sometimes we love so much that we spite our own selves," Clifton Braithwaite, a community activist [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/roxbury-melnea-cass-recreation-center-migrants-massachusetts/']told WBZ.[/URL] Some are furious they could lose the facility for the next four months, which serves as a second home for senior citizens and neighborhood kids alike. Meanwhile, it's all unfolding as residents watch other aspects of daily life grow more difficult. In[URL='https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345998346112'] an interview with Fox News[/URL] Thursday, she said when hers and other cities were designated “sanctuary cities,” they may not have thought through how much support would be needed. "There’s a concern that their local resources are going to be depleted so I think it’s shedding light on what it really means to be a sanctuary city," Murphy told The National Desk. In New York City there are similar challenges, where [URL='https://apnews.com/article/immigration-migrants-shelter-new-york-tents-dd45276daa05992e2e7420fe37c7c288']a tent camp is growing by the day[/URL] outside of the major shelter there. "We don’t have anywhere to live and there’s no work," one man said. It's a reality many advocates have criticized, including David Giffen, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless. Questions about making ends meet also loom large for big cities. Chicago [URL='https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/texas-new-arrivals/home/cost-dashboard.html']has already spent[/URL] more than $156 million to pay for migrants. Denver [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/denver-currently-sheltering-4277-migrants-40-million-spent-so-far-on-support-efforts/']has spent [/URL]more than $40 million. New York City [URL='https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/10/23/city-officials-provide-little-details-on-daily-migrant-spending']has reported spending [/URL]$2 billion, [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/nyregion/adams-nyc-migrants-cost.html']projecting $12 billion more[/URL] if things don’t change. [URL unfurl="true"]https://ktul.com/news/nation-world/new-reality-of-what-it-means-to-be-a-sanctuary-city-hitting-home-for-residents-massachusetts-maura-healey-new-york-city-chicago-denver-billions-costs-border-migrants-immigrants-texas#[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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