Authorities have said Leonardo Andujar Sanchez entered the U.S. unlawfully and never applied for the state shelter system.

We cannot let individuals who prey on vulnerable people and who seek to do harm access our country through systems meant to help those fleeing the same violence in their home lands,” Mayor Patrick Keefe said in a statement Tuesday.

The feds have lodged charges against the illegal immigrant arrested at a Revere hotel that is part of Massachusetts’ emergency assistance shelter program.

I’ve ordered an inspection of all shelter units, beginning with the Revere site, and a full review of our intake processes." The post Healey orders inspection of state shelters after man arrested with weapon,

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced that all state-run shelters will be inspected and their policies will be reviewed after a migrant was found with 10 pounds of fentanyl and a

An undocumented migrant who was living at a Revere shelter site is accused of crimes including illegal possession of an AR-15 and fentanyl trafficking. Here's how Gov. Maura Healey is responding.

"It's outrageous that this individual took advantage of our shelter system to engage in criminal activity," Healey said in a press statement on Monday.

Speaking of funding, Healey is also requesting another $425 million from a reserve account to keep the emergency shelter assistance program running for the next six months. Already, her office announced a series of changes to shorten the length of stay and phase out the use of hotels and motels.

Maura Healey on Monday announced a review of shelter policy amid a barrage of questions over how a Dominican national – who the feds say entered the country illegally – came to be at a Revere family shelter with 10 pounds of lethal drugs and a large-capacity rifle.