BOSTON (WPRI) — Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is ordering a review of all state-run shelters and their intake process after U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Revere police said they arrested an illegal immigrant on drug and gun charges.
According to police, more than a million dollars’ worth of fentanyl and an AR-15 were found in 28-year-old Leonardo Andujar Sanchez’s room at the Quality Inn in Revere on Dec. 27.
Shortly after, Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston said officers discovered during an interview that Andujar Sanchez unlawfully entered the country sometime in the past year. ICE has put an immigration detainer on the Dominican national, who is currently being held in state custody.
In response to the arrest, Healey wrote in part, “I’ve ordered an inspection of all shelter units, beginning with the Revere site, and a full review of our intake processes to determine any additional steps that we can take to prevent criminal activity in shelters.”