Migrants at the front of the line are processed for entry by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (Jon Michael Raasch/Fox News Digital)
Healey's office says the new requirements come as the state’s emergency family shelter system, which houses migrant families with children or homeless pregnant women, has been overwhelmed for months.
According to the state's website, the veterans home "offers residential and long-term care programs to eligible Massachusetts veterans." Healey's office said the site is vacant and slated to be demolished since the state reopened a larger center atop Powder Horn Hill in December.
"Families will be permitted to remain at sites as long as they continue to engage these services and activities," Healey's office said in a news release Monday.
TRENDY BOSTON WATERFRONT DISTRICT COULD GET NEW MIGRANT SHELTER AS ROXBURY MAXES OUT: REPORTS
A worker walks through the over 300 Army cots on the gym floor as state and local officials tour the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex, which will be housing over 300 migrants. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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Jon Santiago, secretary of veterans services for Massachusetts, said, "This project operates independently and will not impact the daily routines or services at the Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea."
There are 240 families living in the safety-net sites, while 7,500 families reside in the state's emergency shelters.
The migrant crisis has been complex for Massachusetts. The state's newest emergency shelter, located in Roxbury, a neighborhood in Boston, reached its capacity of 400 people in just one week last month.
New York City, Chicago and the state of New York all made emergency declarations last year and called for help in response to the migrant crisis.
Nikolas Lanum and Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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