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Check these sites:

http://www.massbar.org/article.php?c_id=235.
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/MAliens.htm

The spouse might be liable, read Chapter 197 sections 28-34

http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/gl-197-toc.htm

She needs quilified legal counsel.