Authorities have said Leonardo Andujar Sanchez entered the U.S. unlawfully and never applied for the state shelter system. The post Dominican man arrested at Revere shelter now facing federal drug, gun charges appeared first on Boston.

The feds have lodged charges against the illegal immigrant arrested at a Revere hotel that is part of Massachusetts’ emergency assistance shelter program.

We cannot let individuals who prey on vulnerable people and who seek to do harm access our country through systems meant to help those fleeing the same violence in their home lands,” Mayor Patrick Keefe said in a statement Tuesday.

A Dominican national living at a state-run emergency family shelter in Revere has been charged in federal court in Boston for allegedly possessing an assault rifle and five kilograms of suspected fentanyl,

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has ordered inspections of all state-run emergency shelters in response to the recent arrest of an undocumented migrant who was living at a Revere shelter site. The man is accused by authorities of crimes including illegal possession of an AR-15 and fentanyl trafficking.

He's accused of possessing an assault rifle and $1 million worth of fentanyl, which were found during a search.