Mayor Adams: Influx of Illegal Aliens a 'Real Burden' on New Yorkers
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During a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams said that the influx of illegal aliens has proven a "real burden" on New York City's safety net and public services.
"This is a real burden on New Yorkers as we're trying to do the right thing. We already have an overburdened shelter system. So now we're talking about food, clothing, school. This is going to impact our schools because we do not turn away individuals because they are undocumented," Adams said.
"Translation services. There is just a whole host of things that this is going to produce," he added, referring to the expected negative externalities from the surge of asylum seekers arriving in the city. "We need help."
On Tuesday, Adams petitioned the federal government to provide aid to support the city as it accommodates the large numbers of immigrants. Over 2,800 people have entered New York City's shelter system, he said.
"Currently, New York City is experiencing a marked increase in the number of asylum seekers who are arriving from Latin America and other regions. In some instances, families are arriving on buses sent by the Texas and Arizona governments, while in other cases, it appears that individuals are being sent by the federal government," Adams said in a prepared statement.
Adams asserted that asylum seekers have protected status, and that while they're residing in New York City, his administration has the obligation to provide them resources.
"If we do not get these urgently needed resources, we may struggle to provide the proper level of support our clients deserve, while also facing challenges as we serve both a rapidly growing shelter population and new clients who are seeking asylum. We are calling on the federal government to partner with New York City as we help asylum seekers navigate this process, and to provide financial and technical resources," Adams wrote.
Last month, the New York supreme court struck down a recently passed law that allowed non-citizens to vote in local elections. The "Our City, Our Vote" law would've given the right to vote to an estimated 800,000 adults to vote for offices, including mayor. Staten Island justice Ralph J. Porzio decided that enfranchising non-citizens with voting rights would require a referendum, according to the New York Times.
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So Biden lets them in and Adams wants the American taxpayer to pay for them.
I believe it was Donald Trump who had the right policy - Let asylum seekers wait in Mexico!
Hell, while they're waiting, maybe they could get that wall going Trump said they were goin to pay for
That ok, just keep calling them "Latinex."
They're getting it!
Wait a minute there... how about some blame on Texas who's bussing them into us?
Here is something you could be giving NY some credit on. Unlike San Fran and other cities, we actually take care of our homeless and keep them off the street.
Adams is doing the best he can given the circumstances.
That I will give you and your fellow New Yorkers credit for.
Adams is doing the best he can given the circumstances.
I once thought he was the best man for the job. Now I know it was the guy in the red beret
Wait a minute there... how about some blame on Texas who's bussing them into us?
The federal government did it too and in the article, Adams blames Biden as well
As for that Great State that got everyone focused on this:
The stars at night
Are big and bright
Deep in the heart of Texas
The prairie sky
Is wide and high
Deep in the heart of Texas
The coyotes wail
Along the trail
Deep in the heart of Texas
Are you kidding? This mayor is so hands-on, unlike the other moron that was our Mayor. You just don't like him because of the D after his name on the ballot.
Nice deflection... Texas is doing the busing. They are making their problem our problem. Leave them in Texas, so you don't mind sending your tax dollars to help. You always don't mind helping a republican state.
That's not true Perrie. Don't you recall our discussion of the NYC Mayoral race? Once it got to the general election between Adams and Sliwa, I said now You're ok. Remember? They were both singing LAW & ORDER loud and clear. I gave Adams plenty of time to perform as Mayor.
Nice deflection... Texas is doing the busing.
And Biden was flying them in.
They are making their problem our problem. Leave them in Texas,
No Perrie, leave them in Mexico. You see, anyone who voted for Biden made it our problem!
Really? Please explain this article:
And btw, please find the flights that they came in on.
And anyone who voted for Trump, voted for a useless expensive wall, that doesn't stop them from entering illegally all over the border states, or have you missed them crossing daily?
Explain it? It was a stoke of genius by Gov Abbott, who is far superior to what you have in NYC. Now Perrie, you get to clearly see how open the border actually is.
And anyone who voted for Trump, voted for a useless expensive wall, that doesn't stop them from entering illegally all over the border states, or have you missed them crossing daily?
First of all the wall never got fully built because of democrat resistance. It cost the taxpayer more to not finish it under Biden than to simply put up the wall panels that are rotting along the border. As for the "Remain in Mexico" policy of Donald Trump - it proved to be the most effective asylum policy the US ever deployed on the border. Biden ended it and stubbornly defied Court orders to reinstitute it right up until he got a ruling he wanted.
And we haven't even discussed the Fentanyl that's flowing across the border!
Still think everything is fine along the border?
"Texas is doing the busing. They are making their problem our problem. Leave them in Texas."
Why should the border states have to with a problem made much worse by Biden?
Gov Abbott being more superior is a matter of your opinion. I think his abortion laws suck and are afront to every woman.
As for the wall. It never worked. There was actual footage of people claiming over the thing. I know about Fentanyl coming over the border and I never said things were fine there, but they were never fine there.
Governor Abbott is a corupt idiot. Thats what my family down in San Antonio says and I see no reason to doubt them.
Why shouldn't you have your fair share of them?
Yes. We are. Not sorry.
Der! New York has immigrants from everywhere in the world.
Isn't it wonderfully ironic that people who open statements with this are usually getting ready to say something really stupid?
Excellent. Then 2800 more should not be "a real burden".
Fair enough.
As for the wall. It never worked.
It was never completed, However the Remain-in-Mexico Policy did work!
I know about Fentanyl coming over the border and I never said things were fine there, but they were never fine there.
Much better than now. You don't think so?
Wait!!!! I was told by the left that the Federal Government wasn't moving illegals around the country.
Since when do we "owe" them financial support? We don't "owe" them a goddamn thing.
No shit..............what a bunch of crap. Soon I am sure we will see some bleeding heart liberal members spewing "have you no compassion for your fellow man" bullshit. Sure we do. But this is overboard. We can feel for them while they wait in Mexico for the determination of their true status.
It seems we're already "owing" them. Just this late winter here, my brother stopped to see if a group of people needed assistance for their new car was stuck in the ditch after skidding out on the ice and snow, not one of them could speak english, they instead pulled out their new cell phone and called someone to translate for them, my brother found out they had just came from Guatemala and bought the house down the road with the new pickup truck in the driveway and all of them were wearing new winter clothing including boots and Carhartt's. It didn't come up in the conversation just exactly how they ended up in this area in the middle of nowhere, my brother didn't think to ask at the time and they have since moved on.
The thing is in order to get to the US, the usual step is through a cartel, how are they able to afford what they now have and pay the cartel also? If it is our government that is directly paying or guaranteeing reimbursement to the immigrants what they owe the cartels (it could also be through a foundation, I wonder who could be financing that) then our government is funding human and drug trafficking.
Then leave them in Texas where it is easier to send them back.
They aren't going back. Trump had them wait in Mexico, remember?
Yes, and Texas is making their problem, our problem.
What happens on the border is ALL OUR problem.
Reminds me of, the one I love,
Deep in the heart of Texas.
But bussing them is not. It's Abbot's way of making his problem NYC problem. He actually said so.
Isn't there labor on Long Island and elsewhere in NY that native born Americans aren't willing to do?
What about this:
I can still see it from the Battery
That's hard to do when Biden Airways is flying them all over the country.
But why not keep the policy where they stay in Mexico? That was working. But, that's right. It come from the last administration and, you know, because Trump put it in place this Dumpster Fire had to do away with it.
So you're one of hose NIMBY people. As long as it's somewhere not near you it's not an issue.
Why is it just Texas's problem?
Yes, because they are not getting paid min wage. But if you are not working and there is a full-paying job, you better be working.
Yes, I can see it too. What is your point?
Democrats like to cite it when they defend illegal migration, can't I cite it when those same migrants are delivered to NYC?
The "Our City, Our Vote" law would've given the right to vote to an estimated 800,000 adults to vote for offices, including mayor.
So, wait a minute - it's OK to allow 800,000 "Illegal Aliens" to vote in local elections, but they're complaining 'bout 2,800 who were just added to the population? Who's paying for the 800K Adams - sure ain't NYC.
What are you talking about? They are NOT allowed to vote in local elections.
Thanks to a judge stopping it!
It was the city council and not the people of NY who were on board. The Staten Island judge stopped it, (rightfully so). But you have misrepresented what is going on here, and that is not right.
Didn't the people of NY vote for the city council???
But you have misrepresented what is going on here, and that is not right.
I haven't misrepresented anything.
No they did not.
By asking you a question????? How could that be construed as a misrepresentation?
Your answer is that they are elected to the city council at large. You get what you vote for. Could it be because they had a D after their names?
I'll tell you the same thing about those school boards that the parents are complaining about. They actually elected them.
Did they all have D's after their name? Is everything with you about D's and R's?
When I look at candidates for school board I always have one big problem. I know nothing about them. There is little if any campaigning for school board.
How many agree with me?
In the end we should never have school boards who work against parents.
Another Mayor doesn't want feral cats in his city?
Another example of when they get their way they have their hand out expecting everyone else to pay for it. You and the rest of the liberals want it, pay for it yourselves and stop spending other people's money. They are having enough trouble keeping food on their own tables without taking on added expenses so you can virtue signal and try to make political points with your socialist base.
You have got to be kidding. Texas has made their problem our problem. Stop bussing them into NY and leave them in Texas. Then you can pay your tax dollars to a conservative state, which of course will be OK with you all.
Joe Biden sent them to you first. Now you complain?
He did? Prove that.
Here you go:
Don't you believe your mayor?
Texas has spent a fortune trying to keep them out....A job the federal government SHOULD BE DOING!
The coyotes wail, along the trail,
Deep in the heart of Texas,
The rabbits rush, around the brush,
Deep in the heart of Texas.
The cowboys cry, "Ki-yip-pee-yi,"
Deep in the heart of Texas,
The dogies bawl, and bawl and bawl,
Deep in the heart of Texas.
No, I don't believe the NY Post.
Here are the actual facts:
IF YOUR TIME IS SHORT
The federal government transports adult detainees in its custody from one facility to another, or from one U.S. city to another during deportation proceedings.
The vast majority of people on the flights are unaccompanied minors who crossed the border, requested asylum under immigration law, and are being released from federal custody to a parent or sponsor.
Some of these flights happen at night, but they are not covert operations. The same types of flights were done by the Trump administration.
I agree. Then leave them in Texas and let them take care of themselves.
Texas has made it clear they don't want them but your solution seems to be to shove them down the throat of Texans and then walk away. New York city seems to want them but then they have an issue when they get them.
NYC has never said that they wanted them. Don't make up stuff. This is a boarder issue. Keep it there.
Why shouldn't our immigrants be allowed to go where that want to go?
Apparently, not all want to stay in Texas.
Seems to be a national issue.
Why not? They are right far more often that the Times. Evidently you don't believe your Mayor either.
Sorry Perrie, Politifact is regarded as left leaning by AllSides Media. Bias Rating: Lean Left
As far as I can see Politifact is an excuse maker for the left.
Biden, should he make it to next year, should be impeached for dereliction of duty.
Why should they be here in the first place?
Just another case of liberals creating a problem for someone else so they can feel better about themselves but don't want to actually solve anything.
NYC is not considered a sanctuary city? This is a border issue brought on by the folks in the white house and anyone that supports the lack of border policy. Texas should not have to provide funds for a check someone else wrote.
I didn't realize that you were such an advocate for illegal immigrants crossing the border. I'm kind of shocked.
And I see the Post as leaning right as most NYers do. So really what is the difference. Their reporting was fair about this.
You speak out of both sides of your mouth. You don't want them and if a quote "Liberal" city takes them, they shouldn't get gov assistance. Then let them stay in your state and get the gov assistance.
I don't think that I advocated for anything on this thread.
I haven't said that they should. But if our policy is to let them remain until a hearing, why shouldn't they remain in a location where they have friends/family/
Then answer your own questions. I'd like to see that first.
Otherwise, I don't play games.
I find a lot of things amazing that people deny.
You've said this about 4 times now.
You have 2800 of these people. You don't begin to have our problem.
If we both discount sources, which btw are allowed by MBFC, we both get nowhere. That's the point.
One New Yorker tried to warn them.... "New York City will never recover -- and more residents will be fleeing to Florida and Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee."
Vic,
No one is fleeing. There has been even an uptick in the city of people. And no one is fleeing because of immigrants. It was the cost of living that drove some down south.
That's odd, since this is what a very non partisan metrotrends said:
New York City Metro Area Population 1950-2022 - Macrotrends
And even if we believe your numbers, we are a city of 8.82 million as of 2021. That means our net loss is only 1.5% of our population.
BS. We here in North Florida are sick and tired of seeing those ugly orange and black license plates...and no...not all of them here temporarily to go to Orlando and Tampa for the amusement parks.
Most of them are staying here for good.
Same with New Jersey and Connecticut.
He cited the US Census. Surely we're not having a credibility argument about the US Census.
And would you include rising crime and less policing?
Welcome to 2022 America. Apparently these politicians have finally pulled their heads out of their backsides. Now they need to pull their thumbs out of their backsides and do something.
New Yorkers will obviously blame Greg Abbott; that would be the politically anal thing to do. But Abbott didn't invite these migrants into Texas. That's what New York politics has done. Abbott is only sharing the rewards that New York politics has been advocating. Abbott didn't create this mess.
Nice to the reality of the issue finally dawn on poor Mayor Adams. Suddenly it's a problem when it happens in his backyard.
By all means, every border state should bus every illegal immigrant it comes across to states whose congressional delegations have worked against border security. They created the problem, they refuse to solve and they should deal with the costs to the extent possible.
I'm sorry, but I don't remember Mayor Adams working against border security. I don't remember our gov doing it either.
And there never was border security. It was just an illusion of it.
Biden, the left and the Democrats are full of shit. You wouldn't have that many encounters with a secure border.
So under 1 million illegals just under Biden's watch.
I'm sorry, but I specifically referred to Congress (and the President) who refuse to secure our border. Tell, me did did NYC vote for Biden, Schumer, etc..? But tell me, did Adams revoke NYC's status as a "sanctuary city?" NYC elects opponents of border security and immigration enforcement. It's crazy to pretend otherwise.
It's amazing to me the Democratic Party has fought tooth and nail against enforcement of border security and deportations. Yet they cry unfair when the policies they support come back to bite them.
Democrats support illegal immigration. Why try and pretend otherwise?
No, but AOC surely did. Maybe they could have a word.