Jellybean
02-14-24, 23:19
First Boston suburbanites house migrants in their homes, Dem urges 'everybody should be opening their doors'
Massachusetts residents – a woman and a husband and wife – recently spoke on camera with local outlets about their experiences welcoming migrant families into their homes in the Boston suburb of Brookline, encouraging others to join in opening their doors, part of what one Democratic official deemed should be a "shared responsibility."...............
"It's a delight, and it's really fun having them. What I realized is there's so much prejudice against refugees, mostly because people don't know them," Hillenbrand said, telling the outlet she feels like she has her own personal chef because Joseph loves cooking and dreams of opening a restaurant.
"They are hardworking, they want to learn, they want to be successful, and I feel great helping. And I get to understand the refugee crisis from the inside," Hillenbrand said, encouraging others to do as she did and volunteer during Brookline Town Hall meetings to take in more migrants themselves in coming weeks............
"Dedham, Wellesley, Brookline – cities and towns that have so much more resources than the city of Boston. People who actually have more financial support," Mejia told WBTS. "We need to do everything in our power to make sure that we are setting them up for success, or whatever success looks like. I think everybody should be opening their doors because this is a shared responsibility.".................
When she called the state saying that she and her husband were willing to take in migrants, Stokes said it took less than an hour for the migrants to be dropped off at their door. She and her husband are encouraging other residents to take part in the pilot program. "I’ve got to get sheets on the bed, how many people are coming?" she told the outlet, seated on a couch next to her husband. "Where are they from? What ages? We really knew nothing."
Her office is planning to roll out a new pilot program drawing $8 million from the state budget to help 400 migrant families find longer-term housing outside the state shelter system. Resettlement agencies are looking for apartments in eastern Massachusetts for the program................
The state’s emergency shelter in Roxbury, Mass., meanwhile, reached capacity in just a week. An office building in Boston’s Seaport is eyed as a possible next site to house migrants, but Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn expressed concern about the lack of running water and showers there.............
Read the whole goodthink article here, and get excited to volunteer [for now]:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-boston-suburbanites-house-migrants-130610121.html
Government > Creates problem
> Is instantly overwhelmed by problem
> "You guys, this is a shared responsibility..."
Now...re- read that part about the state shelter reaching capacity in a week, and the migrants showing up at the "pilot-for-now" program volunteers house in an hour with zero info.
This has already FAR outrun being solved with a vote, a 'deal' or 'reforms'.
Even if the entire border was shut down right now, the bell has already tolled. The systemic-level damage is already done.
Think about this too -
The local imbalances this endless migration is causing has been making news - not the 'fringe extremists' you can easily handwave away mind you, mainstream party-line news - for months now, ballooning in scale the whole time.
The system overload is clear for all to see.
And the response of the current regime when faced with even the slightest balking by states or individuals is.... to fight tooth and nail to keep the border wide open. Which means, things have not even reached the desired endstate yet. Whatever the (obvious) goal of a wide-open border is, has not been accomplished yet...and we're already at the point of 'volunteering' people's homes.
Meanwhile the Retardicans think they can wheel and deal their way out of it like it's business as usual. What a joke.
Massachusetts residents – a woman and a husband and wife – recently spoke on camera with local outlets about their experiences welcoming migrant families into their homes in the Boston suburb of Brookline, encouraging others to join in opening their doors, part of what one Democratic official deemed should be a "shared responsibility."...............
"It's a delight, and it's really fun having them. What I realized is there's so much prejudice against refugees, mostly because people don't know them," Hillenbrand said, telling the outlet she feels like she has her own personal chef because Joseph loves cooking and dreams of opening a restaurant.
"They are hardworking, they want to learn, they want to be successful, and I feel great helping. And I get to understand the refugee crisis from the inside," Hillenbrand said, encouraging others to do as she did and volunteer during Brookline Town Hall meetings to take in more migrants themselves in coming weeks............
"Dedham, Wellesley, Brookline – cities and towns that have so much more resources than the city of Boston. People who actually have more financial support," Mejia told WBTS. "We need to do everything in our power to make sure that we are setting them up for success, or whatever success looks like. I think everybody should be opening their doors because this is a shared responsibility.".................
When she called the state saying that she and her husband were willing to take in migrants, Stokes said it took less than an hour for the migrants to be dropped off at their door. She and her husband are encouraging other residents to take part in the pilot program. "I’ve got to get sheets on the bed, how many people are coming?" she told the outlet, seated on a couch next to her husband. "Where are they from? What ages? We really knew nothing."
Her office is planning to roll out a new pilot program drawing $8 million from the state budget to help 400 migrant families find longer-term housing outside the state shelter system. Resettlement agencies are looking for apartments in eastern Massachusetts for the program................
The state’s emergency shelter in Roxbury, Mass., meanwhile, reached capacity in just a week. An office building in Boston’s Seaport is eyed as a possible next site to house migrants, but Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn expressed concern about the lack of running water and showers there.............
Read the whole goodthink article here, and get excited to volunteer [for now]:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-boston-suburbanites-house-migrants-130610121.html
Government > Creates problem
> Is instantly overwhelmed by problem
> "You guys, this is a shared responsibility..."
Now...re- read that part about the state shelter reaching capacity in a week, and the migrants showing up at the "pilot-for-now" program volunteers house in an hour with zero info.
This has already FAR outrun being solved with a vote, a 'deal' or 'reforms'.
Even if the entire border was shut down right now, the bell has already tolled. The systemic-level damage is already done.
Think about this too -
The local imbalances this endless migration is causing has been making news - not the 'fringe extremists' you can easily handwave away mind you, mainstream party-line news - for months now, ballooning in scale the whole time.
The system overload is clear for all to see.
And the response of the current regime when faced with even the slightest balking by states or individuals is.... to fight tooth and nail to keep the border wide open. Which means, things have not even reached the desired endstate yet. Whatever the (obvious) goal of a wide-open border is, has not been accomplished yet...and we're already at the point of 'volunteering' people's homes.
Meanwhile the Retardicans think they can wheel and deal their way out of it like it's business as usual. What a joke.