Demonstrators denounce Mass. five-day limit for migrant families in overflow shelters

Protesters rallied against the five-day limit on migrant families staying in emergency overflow shelters, which was initiated last month, carrying signs written in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole bearing messages such as, “Gov. Healey stop shelter cuts. Putting children on the street is NOT a solution.” “Housing is a basic need,” said Sara Driscoll, 77, a Jamaica Plain resident for 55 years. “Healey needs to open the state again.” Demonstrators on Boston Common denounced Massachusetts’s five-day limit on overflow shelter stays for new migrants late Monday afternoon as they gathered...