"Fort Point Building Considered as Overflow Shelter for Migrants in Boston"

Calls are increasing for the wealthy Boston suburb of Wellesley to house migrants as Massachusetts grapples with a surge of asylum seekers, with tensions rising over claims that the state is disproportionately burdening lower-income communities. Residents and officials, including a member of Wellesley’s Town Meeting and a Harvard Medical School professor, are open to the idea, while Democratic Governor Maura Healey has emphasized the necessity of opening temporary shelters to address the influx of migrant families. The state currently operates several overflow family shelter sites, with calls for more federal assistance in managing the situation.