The state of Massachusetts has converted a state-owned community center in the Boston area into housing for illegal border crossers, and not everyone who lives in the area is happy about it.
The community center is located in Roxbury, one of the city's low-income neighborhoods. They never put things like this where rich people live, do they?
People who live near this center and depend on it feel like they are getting the shaft. delusion.
Boston 25 News reported:
Roxbury neighbors are concerned about the entertainment complex being used as a migrant shelter
Migrants who have been sleeping at Logan Airport will get a new roof over their heads starting Wednesday. The Melnea Cass Recreation Complex in Roxbury will provide temporary shelter to accommodate up to 100 migrant families. But not everyone thinks this is the best place.
“It is a shame that the community has to hear from the governor and DCR under these circumstances and not before,” said Louis Elisa, president of the Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association.
Elissa is a fixture in the Roxbury community. He's the president of a local neighborhood association, and he also worked for President Clinton with FEMA and NATO, so he knows how to resettle refugees and says moving to Roxbury isn't enough…
“The space while good is a gymnasium. It will not provide the health, safety and security that families want,” Elissa said.
The Daily Mail has more reactions from locals:
The site will be home to up to 400 migrants, until the end of May, and the authorities have promised, as an encouragement, to upgrade the facilities when the migrants eventually leave.
But many in the black and historically marginalized community were angry at the decision to hand over their sports center.
“We sympathize with them, as people in a community we love, but sometimes we love them a lot in spite of ourselves,” said Clifton Braithwaite, a resident and community activist.
Tony Darocha, who coaches young athletes for free at Boston United track and cross country, said he hasn't been told where his team can go now — with a meet scheduled for Sunday.
“We sympathize with what's happening,” he told CBS News.
But at the same time, our children are negatively affected. Our program is one of the few stable times in their lives.
This mother complains that the state puts the people of the city last:
Mama is fed up with Boston's illegal immigrant crisis. pic.twitter.com/KG3jN4ShxK
– Lawrence Jones III (@LawrenceBJones3) February 1, 2024
This guy is so angry about it:
NEW: A Boston man is on the loose after his entertainment center was turned into a migrant camp thanks to the city's mayor and liberal governor.
Instead of bringing immigrants into their own communities, “loving” liberals dumped them on the struggling black community.
“I was here… pic.twitter.com/vbhmXAhEL4
– Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 2, 2024
Do you think these people will think twice about voting Democrat next time?
