Repurposing Boston Rec Center Into Shelter for Illegal Immigrants Sparks Outrage

Gov. Maura Healey said the Melnea Cass Recreation Complex in Roxbury will be used to shelter about 400 people until the end of May.
Repurposing Boston Rec Center Into Shelter for Illegal Immigrants Sparks Outrage
This undated photo shows some of the people housed at Boston Logan International Airport. Photo by Alice Giordano/The Epoch Times
Alice Giordano
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The border crisis in Massachusetts escalated on Wednesday when residents of Roxbury, a traditionally black neighborhood in Boston, were informed that a local recreation center would be closed to the public. The closure includes all activities and youth programs to accommodate hundreds of illegal immigrants.

Protesters, some armed with bullhorns—many with signs including one that read “Boston Is Full, Our Kids Come Last Why????”—gathered outside the Melnea Cass Recreation Complex on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
Alice Giordano is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times. She is a former news correspondent for The Boston Globe, Associated Press, and the New England bureau of The New York Times.
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