The Democrat-led city of Boston, Massachusetts has been rolling out the red carpet for foreign nationals who entered the country illegally.
New documents show the rising public cost of sheltering migrants in Massachusetts.
As the state grapples with a strain on its emergency shelter system, taxpayers have been paying for illegal border crossers to stay in hotels and dine on luxury meals.
The state has 17 contracts totaling $116 million to house the mostly military-aged male migrants through June.
This includes a no-bid $10 million contract for a company providing meals, CBS News Boston reported, citing documents obtained by the outlet.
In some cases, the state is paying hotels $64 per person each day for meals.
Those meals include $16 for breakfast, $17 for lunch, and $31 for dinner.
Last August, Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey declared a state of emergency.
Healey said the state had more than 20,000 migrants in its shelter system.
In July last year, Healey resorted to calling on residents to house illegal aliens in their homes.
Capacity overruns have led the state to use hotels for emergency shelters.
However, earlier this month, the state opened a new taxpayer-funded facility with 400 beds in Boston’s