Speaking of funding, Healey is also requesting another $425 million from a reserve account to keep the emergency shelter assistance program running for the next six months. Already, her office announced a series of changes to shorten the length of stay and phase out the use of hotels and motels.

An undocumented migrant who was living at a Revere shelter site is accused of crimes including illegal possession of an AR-15 and fentanyl trafficking. Here's how Gov. Maura Healey is responding.

It’s a markedly stronger response from the governor compared to the one that followed an incident last year in a Rockland shelter, when a Haitian man, who officials said entered the country through a federal program, was charged with raping a teenager.

"It's outrageous that this individual took advantage of our shelter system to engage in criminal activity," Healey said in a press statement on Monday.

Gov. Maura Healey ordered a full inspection of all state-run shelter units and a “full review” of the intake process to determine if additional steps can be added to prevent criminal activity

Gov. Maura Healey filed a supplemental spending bill Monday, seeking another $425 million from a reserve account to keep the maxed-out emergency assistance shelter program running for the next six months.

Healey’s order followed the arrest late last month of an undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic. Revere police said they seized an assault rifle and roughly 10 pounds of fentanyl.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Monday ordered the inspection of all state-run emergency family shelters after a suspected undocumented immigrant was recently caught with a rifle and a huge drug stash.