Boston Hands Over Soldiers' Home to Migrant Families | 25 March 2024 | Boston officials are preparing to hand over the city's Old Chelsea Soldiers’ Home to house illegal immigrants as Democrat Gov. Maura Healey's administration looks for more sites to house migrants. Healey's office says that it is "over capacity" at its currently established shelters, so the Soldiers' Home facility is the next that will be put to use to house migrants. The city reports that about 100 families will soon be housed at the facility... Meanwhile, hundreds more are still on the way into the city.