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Budget writer defends cuts to migrant shelter spending as ‘glidepath’ to sustainability

Massachusetts is ‘compassionate’ but needs federal help, Ways and Means Chairman Michael Rodrigues says

Senator Michael Rodrigues (Amanda Sabga//Boston Herald, File)
Senator Michael Rodrigues (Amanda Sabga//Boston Herald, File)
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Senate Ways and Means Chairman Michael Rodrigues said that the state needs help from the federal government to meet the challenge presented by their border policies, but that in the interim Massachusetts should maintain its right-to-shelter status while slowly ramping down the level of appropriation made available to pay for it all.

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