Migrants

The group of migrants that was housed at a Yarmouth motel for seven months has been relocated to shelters off-Cape, where there is staff to help them.

The federal government is allowing the immigrants to get work authorization and be protected from deportation as potential victims of a crime.

A Healey administration official tells CAI the state moved all 57 families from the base to off-Cape locations in December.

The Cape Verdean Club and the Portuguese American Association are some of the groups in Falmouth that have worked with the Migrant Communities Project to record their histories.

The state’s emergency shelter system will reach its capacity limit by the end of the month and Massachusetts will no longer be able to guarantee shelter for newly arriving migrants, Gov. Maura Healey said Monday.

The state plans to reimburse school districts at a rate of more than $18,000 per student.

“The number one issue for most of our members, over the last three summers, has really been labor supply issues,” said Paul Niedzwiecki, CEO of the chamber.

One thing the organizations are talking about providing is breakfast, because the state’s contracts with motels only cover lunch and dinner.

A year ago, 49 migrants arrived unexpectedly on Martha’s Vineyard. Immigration advocates called it a cruel political stunt, but it has surprisingly created a legal advantage that some of the migrants might be able to use to remain in the United States.

Yarmouth residents packed a Board of Selectmen meeting last night to denounce the Healey administration’s placement of migrant families at a local motel.