Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll urged people to 'step up' while the state grappled to shelter an influx of migrants.
The lieutenant governor of Massachusetts has asked residents and those with spare space to house migrants after the state declared an emergency over an influx of migrants that has caused"a severe lack of shelter availability in the state."
The state became the latest in the U.S. to declare an emergency over the number of migrants arriving there on Tuesday, saying that it currently had 5,600 families in state shelter, or around 20,000 individuals including children and pregnant women, up 80 percent on the 3,100 families a year ago. and the office of the governor and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts via email for comment on Friday.
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