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Massachusetts Gov. Healey sends officials to Texas border to deter migrants from coming to the state

Catholic Churches shelter. Last fall, Gov. Healey capped the number of families in the state's emergency shelters at 7,500. (Credit: Catholic Chuches official site)

Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey has dispatched a team of local officials to the southern border in Texas to warn that the state's emergency shelter system is already stretched thin and prevent more people from going there.

According to Healey's administration, San Antonio, McAllen, Hidalgo and Brownsville, in Texas, are the most common points of entry for migrant and asylum seeker families that later arrive in Massachusetts

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