NYC Mayor Uses Funds to Send Illegal Immigrants to the Suburbs

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NYC Mayor Uses Funds to Send Illegal Immigrants to the Suburbs
New York City received $30 million from the Biden administration out of the requested $350 million in federal funds to manage the surge of illegal immigrants. The city had housed more than 60,000 asylum-seekers last year and estimates it will spend $4.2 billion to house and care for illegal immigrants by mid-2024. As a result of insufficient funding, Mayor Eric Adam’s administration announced plans to send some of the illegal immigrants to the suburbs. Mayor Adams said, “The city is being destroyed by the migrant crisis.”

Cue border states giving Adams the side-eye.

In a statement, the Mayor’s office spokesperson said, “Let us be very clear: This is both disappointing and woefully insufficient for a city that has carried the cost of sheltering, feeding, and supporting more than 60,000 asylum-seekers in the last year. New Yorkers have stepped up tremendously throughout this crisis and we look forward to working closely with our congressional delegation to remedy this serious mistake.”

The Biden administration allocated $322 million to communities along the southern border facing the crisis and $360 million to cities beyond the border.

The Daily Wire reported:

Through the first six months of fiscal year 2023, which began in October, there have been more than 1.2 million border encounters, according to Customs and Border Protection data. That doesn’t include illegal immigrants who crossed and escaped detection.

There are at least 34,800 illegal immigrants currently being housed in shelters throughout New York City, according to the latest data from City Hall, the Post reported. Last year, Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) began sending buses of illegal immigrants to leftist “sanctuary cities” across the U.S., including New York.

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