You don’t have to look very far to see the disaster of Gov. Maura Healey’s migrant policy.

Just check the T stations in Boston, or local hospital waiting rooms. Hundreds of migrant families are now stranded without a place to stay, bedding down in alleys and streets, according to new reports.

The dangerous situation is illustrative of Healey’s complete failure to get the migrant situation under control.

It’s a disaster of Healey’s own making. And it’s a lesson in why you don’t let politics determine policy.

Healey rode into office as the progressive superstar, willing to take on a national profile and become the anti-MAGA voice.

She turned on the spigot to migrant families at the beginning of her term, making it easier for them to come to Massachusetts, because of her liberal politics.

Healey opened new “Family Welcome Centers” and claimed migrants were helping to fill a “well documented worker shortage.”

Even after she declared a state of emergency over the migrant influx, she announced new work authorization clinics and even asked residents to step up and house them.

“If you have an extra room or suite in your home, please consider hosting a family,” Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll said.

The Democratic governor’s administration was sending a clear message that Massachusetts would welcome migrants with free benefits and free housing.

“Many shelter residents want to work but face significant barriers to getting their work authorizations,” Healey said. “This clinic will be critical for building on the work that our administration has already been leading to connect more migrants with work opportunities, which will help them support their families and move out of emergency shelter into more stable housing options.”

Healey opened new shelters in places like community and recreation centers which were meant for kids.

She nearly teared up talking about how committed she was to migrants.

“I get emotional guys,” she said at one meeting. “I’m committed to this.”

But her tune changed when it became clear that the migrant crisis was ballooning out of control and bankrupting the state’s budget.

Healey started by limiting the stays of some migrants at shelters to 90 days, then she openly told would-be migrants not to come to Massachusetts any more.

Now that the cost of the crisis is over $1 billion a year, lawmakers and Healey are fretting over how to pay for it and keep migrants off the streets and airport terminals.

It’s so bad that she opened up one shelter in a former prison.

While the crisis was worsening, it began having an impact on Healey’s political standing in Massachusetts.

A University of New Hampshire poll released this month showed just 45% of Massachusetts residents approved of her job performance, while 46% disapproved. The negative rating is nearly ten points higher than in the last UNH poll in May.

Those numbers are terrible for a Democratic Massachusetts governor in a solidly blue state.

And it’s not just independents and conservatives who are upset with Healey.

Now immigration activists are kicking her in the pants for putting strict limits on shelter stays and forcing migrants back out onto the streets.

It’s a no-win situation for the once popular governor. And it’s only going to get worse.

As it gets cold this fall, what are they going to do then?