Boston residents have recently begun welcoming illegal migrants into their homes after the city's overwhelmed shelter system prompted local Democratic officials to ask for volunteer hosts, WBTS-CD reported this week.
In November, Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey announced that the state's homeless shelter system had reached maximum capacity after providing accommodations to 7,500 families. Since then, local officials have called on residents to volunteer to host illegal migrants in their personal residences.
On Monday, WBTS reported that Boston resident Lisa Hillenbrand welcomed a Haitian family of three into her Brookline apartment. Wildande Joseph, her husband, and their 2-year-old daughter were sleeping on the floor at the Boston Logan International Airport before Hillenbrand opened her home.
Hillenbrand told WBTS that she feels like she has her own personal chef because Wildande enjoys cooking. She noted that a number of people in her neighborhood are considering hosting families in their homes as well.
