Deep Reads: A small town in Massachusetts grapples with a new shelter for immigrants
The plan was to move migrant families to a vacant prison in the small town of Norfolk, Mass., population 11,000. Then came anger, fear, and a fight over the meaning of “shelter.”
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Show Notes
Kevin Roche was recently elected to a small governing board in Norfolk, Mass. He had lived in the small town his whole life. Then Roche received the news Haitian migrants were going to be sheltered in Norfolk.
The state had opened new shelters in towns across Massachusetts, but none so big in a town so small.
The story was written and read by Ruby Cramer. Audio production and original music by Bishop Sand.