Boston Site Housing Illegal Immigrants Nearly Full a Week After Opening: Mayor Wu

An overflow site for illegal immigrants at a Roxbury recreation center in Boston, Massachusetts, is already reaching full capacity just over a week after it first opened, according to the city’s mayor, Michelle Wu. Ms. Wu made the remarks on the podcast “Java with Jimmy” on Feb. 7, noting that the 400-person capacity at the state-owned Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood is filling up faster than initially anticipated. The Democrat told host James ‘Jimmy’ Hills that most of the illegal immigrants brought into the center had previously been sleeping at Logan International Airport. More families were moved to the center over the weekend, she stated....