Migrants are processed after crossing the United States-Mexico border in Eagle Go, Texas.
James Keivom
A bipartisan group of Metropolis Council members is demanding the Biden administration cease sending migrants to New York, saying its crippling Huge Apple homeless shelters and different essential sources.
In a letter Thursday to US Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, 5 Republicans and two Democrats calling themselves the Council’s new “Frequent-Sense Caucus” accused federal businesses of unfairly burdening New York taxpayers by fueling efforts to bus and fly greater than 2,800 migrants to the Empire State in current weeks — after many crossed the border into Texas and different southern states in search of asylum.
The pols — which embody Republican Minority Chief Joseph Borelli of Staten Island and Queens Democrat Robert Holden – additionally mentioned they assist feedback Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat and longtime ally of President Biden, made Tuesday: that town wants “further federal sources instantly” to deal with the 1000's of newcomers.
“We all know from expertise these migrants will stay right here indefinitely, using metropolis social providers and infrastructure, and sending their youngsters to public colleges,” they wrote.
“We additionally know from current studies that most of the migrants despatched right here haven't any family or buddies or any ties to New York Metropolis. Your businesses are clearly making the most of New York Metropolis’s ‘proper to shelter’ legal guidelines, which require us to seek out housing for anybody who comes right here, no matter residency or immigration standing.”
Adams has repeatedly accused the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona of sending migrants to New York – a cost each states deny. The federal authorities has remained mum on its involvement.
Homeland Safety declined remark Friday.
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