At a church rectory in Boston, Haitian migrants place their hopes on hard work and helping hands
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Jimene Admettre, center, sits next to her husband Ernseau, right, and holds her daughter Gabyana while learning computer skills, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in a rectory building where they are staying at the Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Demand for shelter has increased as Massachusetts struggles to find newly arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its emergency homeless shelter system last month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)Ernseau Admettre holds his daughter Gabyana, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in a rectory building where they are staying at the Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Demand for shelter has increased as Massachusetts struggles to find newly arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its emergency homeless shelter system last month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)Micheline Jean Louis, left, holds her son Andy Jean Louis Louidor, center, while learning computer skills, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in a rectory building where they are staying at the Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Demand for has increased as Massachusetts struggles to find newly arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its emergency homeless shelter system last month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)Geralde Gabeau, executive director of the Immigrant Family Services Institute in Boston, speaks with Haitian immigrants as Pastor Ray Hammond, left, looks on, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in a rectory building at the Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Demand for shelter has increased as Massachusetts struggles to find newly arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its emergency homeless shelter system last month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)Migrant families attend a class in computer skills, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in a rectory building where they are staying at the Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Demand for shelter has increased as Massachusetts struggles to find newly arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its emergency homeless shelter system last month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)Richemene Bertrand, center, holds her daughter Jumaily Secius while learning computer skills with her husband, Jean Francois Secius, left, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in a rectory building where they are staying at the Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Demand for shelter has increased as Massachusetts struggles to find newly-arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its emergency homeless shelter system the previous month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)Huguens Altidor, center, teaches computer skills to migrant families, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in a rectory building where they are staying at the Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Demand for shelter has increased as Massachusetts struggles to find newly arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its emergency homeless shelter system last month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)Richekardine Jean poses with her daughter Yardley Brihanna, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in a rectory building where they are staying at the Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Demand for shelter has increased as Massachusetts struggles to find newly-arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its emergency homeless shelter system the previous month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Jimene Admettre, center, sits next to her husband Ernseau, right, and holds her daughter Gabyana while learning computer skills, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in a rectory building where they are staying at the Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Demand for shelter has increased as Massachusetts struggles to find newly arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in its emergency homeless shelter system last month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)