Governor Maura Healey spent 4 billion dollars on accommodations for illegal aliens in Massachusetts.
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The Gerry Callahan ShowAug 4, 2026
The sources document Massachusetts spending on migrant shelters, with about $1.3 billion spent from FY2024 through early 2025 and estimates of roughly $1 billion a year. None of them gives a $4 billion total or covers the hotels, Ubers, doctors, interpreters and meals the post lists, and the sources describe migrants rather than illegal aliens.
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… day, ICE posts mug shots of the criminals they're rounding up and getting out, and every day Democrats vow to abolish ICE, prosecute ICE, arrest ICE for catching violent criminals who don't belong here. 400,000 illegal aliens made their way to Massachusetts. Why? Because Mora Healy, the governor, spent 4 billion dollars accommodating them on hotel rooms and Ubers and doctors and dentists and interpreters and translators and chefs who cooked their culturally sensitive meals. I think someday, even in Massachusetts, we're to look back and say, "What the hell were we thinking? What why why why did we do this? …
The Gerry Callahan Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The documented shelter spending total of about $1.3 billion through early 2025 is well below the claimed $4 billion, but the sources are dated and cover only shelters, so they do not establish the total for the period the claim addresses.[3]
Supports. Massachusetts has spent substantial state money on migrant shelter housing, including more than $1.3 billion on emergency assistance shelters since the start of FY2024 as of March 2025.[3]
Context. Healey said in 2023 that migrant support was costing the state $45 million a month, and the administration estimated shelter costs near $1 billion a year for FY2024 and FY2025.[1][4][5]
Context. The sources describe migrants and asylum-seekers in general, not illegal aliens, and do not address the claimed spending on hotels, transportation, medical care, interpreters or meals.[2][6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 5 not rated
- 1Who is responsible for helping migrants in the U.S.?politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Biden dangles border security to try to get more for Israel, Ukraineapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Massachusetts shelter spending hits $520M in FY25 - Boston Heraldbostonherald.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 4Healey spells out 2024 vision in State of the Commonwealthrecorder.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Immigration Debate Exposes Divisions Among Mass. Demsstatehousenews.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Mass. migrant crisis forces hard choices for liberal leadersbostonglobe.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Healey among 9 governors asking the federal government to act on ...wbur.org · not rated · cited for: context
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