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.

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.

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

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