Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve 9 Month Shelter Cap for Illegal Immigrants; Republicans Call the Measure Useless

BOSTON—In the continued debate over ways to deal with the flow of illegal immigrants into Massachusetts, the state’s Democrat-dominated Senate passed a bill late on Thursday that sets a nine-month cap on shelter stays. However, some Republicans say the measure is meaningless since it includes several provisions to bypass the cap. “This is just a feel-good bill that, with the number of loopholes built into it, in reality does absolutely nothing to limit the time migrants stay at shelters,” Republican Sen. Peter Durant told The Epoch Times.  Ahead of the bill’s approval, Mr. Durant and other Republicans introduced several amendments to eliminate some of the loopholes, all of which were swiftly rejected by Democrats. The bill calls for the elimination of a general exemption from the nine-month cap for a “documented medical condition.” ...