Authorities have said Leonardo Andujar Sanchez entered the U.S. unlawfully and never applied for the state shelter system. The post Dominican man arrested at Revere shelter now facing federal drug, gun charges appeared first on Boston.

We cannot let individuals who prey on vulnerable people and who seek to do harm access our country through systems meant to help those fleeing the same violence in their home lands,” Mayor Patrick Keefe said in a statement Tuesday.

An undocumented immigrant who was arrested at a state-run shelter in Revere last month allegedly with an AR-15 and $1 million worth of fentanyl was not officially part of the emergency assistance

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has ordered inspections of all state-run emergency shelters in response to the recent arrest of an undocumented migrant who was living at a Revere shelter site. The man is accused by authorities of crimes including illegal possession of an AR-15 and fentanyl trafficking.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced that all state-run shelters will be inspected and their policies will be reviewed after a migrant was found with 10 pounds of fentanyl and a

Maura Healey on Monday announced a review of shelter policy amid a barrage of questions over how a Dominican national – who the feds say entered the country illegally – came to be at a Revere family shelter with 10 pounds of lethal drugs and a large-capacity rifle.

I’ve ordered an inspection of all shelter units, beginning with the Revere site, and a full review of our intake processes."