A migrant shelter in Boston's suburbs has been used for illegal activity by an illegal immigrant who faces federal charges for possessing weapons and large quantities of drugs. The shelter's location and the mayor's silence have sparked criticism.
Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu has remained silent after an illegal immigrant was apprehended for criminal activity at a taxpayer-funded migrant shelter in the Boston suburbs. The shelter, the Quality Inn Hotel in Revere, Massachusetts, is where Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, a 28-year-old illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was storing a weapon and nearly $1 million worth of drugs.
\Sanchez is facing federal charges for illegally possessing an AR-15 and ammunition, and over 400 grams of fentanyl with intent to distribute, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. Boston 25 News also reported that Sanchez possessed cocaine with an estimated street value of at least $750,000. He is currently being held by state authorities. \Boston and Massachusetts both have sanctuary policies, and both Wu and Governor Maura Healey have vowed to resist President Donald Trump's plans to crack down on illegal immigration. Despite this, Healey expressed anger over the incident, saying, 'It’s outrageous that this individual took advantage of our shelter system to engage in criminal activity.' She ordered an inspection of all shelters, starting with the Quality Inn Hotel in Revere, as well as a 'full review' of the state’s shelter intake processes. \'This further underscores our broken federal immigration system and the urgent need for Congress and the White House to act on a border security bill to prevent criminals from entering our communities,' Healey said. 'The people of Massachusetts should not continue to have to deal with the impacts of federal inaction.' However, Wu, who has said Boston’s sanctuary policies 'make everyone safer,' has remained silent. Although Fox News Digital spoke with Wu’s office, neither she nor her office have issued any response to Sanchez’s arrest. \Meanwhile, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has seen a recent spike in illegal immigrants arrested for sex crimes in the Boston area and throughout Massachusetts. Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan has called out Wu for pledging resistance to the administration’s immigration agenda, telling Newsmax in November that 'she’s not very smart.' 'President Trump is going to prioritize public safety threats,' said Homan. 'What mayor or governor doesn’t want public safety threats out of their communities? I mean that’s your number one responsibility is to protect your communities and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
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