How brilliant of a move was it to send illegals/migrants to sanctuary cities and states around the country by Texas, Florida, and Arizona?
Feds resist cities’ requests on migrants over legal, border concerns
Officials in New York are assembling tent cities for those who can’t be placed in a shelter system of more than 200 hotels and other facilities that is already housing 60,000 migrants and more than 50,000 homeless residents.
In Chicago, which is housing over 7,000 migrants, police stations and parks have been converted into makeshift shelters, and plans to house asylum-seekers in vacant schools have generated fervent local backlash. In cities like Sacramento and Denver, some migrants have found themselves on the brink of homelessness. In Boston and other parts of Massachusetts, the arrival of thousands of families and pregnant women seeking asylum prompted the state’s governor to declare an emergency. (snip)
The cities’ struggles to house tens of thousands of destitute migrants, and their growing calls for federal action, have also placed mounting pressure on the Biden administration to intervene. Local leaders have implored the administration for funds and to allow migrants to work legally so they can be self-sufficient. (snip)
The Biden administration has set aside $770 million for New York, Chicago, Denver, Boston and other cities, both in the interior and along the southern border, this fiscal year through Federal Emergency Management Agency programs for entities supporting migrants. The administration recently asked Congress to authorize $600 million in additional funds.
But the administration has refrained from taking other actions requested by local leaders, such as granting migrants temporary legal status so they can apply for work permits more quickly. Current and former U.S. officials, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said concerns about lawsuits and the possibility of encouraging more unauthorized arrivals along the southern border were among the reasons why the administration has been reluctant to do more.
Ukraine has been getting more money. Giving them work permits doesn’t solve the problem, just takes jobs away from Americans in a tight job market, and create more problems in an already tight housing market. As for encouraging arrivals, well, that’s a complete BS excuse, because Democrats and the Biden admin have been encouraging them.
Politically, the cities’ concerns about the number of migrants in need of shelter have placed the administration in the awkward position of fielding public criticism from Democratic allies on a divisive issue that Republicans are eager to highlight heading into an election year.
“Once this shifted from being an ideological fight about the border to a real question of the cost the cities are assuming, that changed the political calculus,” said Andrew Seele, president of the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank. “It is visible. It is costly for cities. And it is causing a reaction among city leaders, most of whom are Democrats.”
They’re getting what they wanted for Other Areas, and are upset it’s happening in their own. Democrats say the immigration system is broken, but, the only thing that’s broken is not enforcing immigration law. It’s funny, illegals have been destroying TX, New Mexico, Florida, and AZ for years but you send a few thousands to their beloved blue cities and you can’t stop hearing about it. You rarely read about it in those areas, eh?
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul commits $20 million more in aide to tens of thousands of migrants
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday that the state will pour an additional $20 million into aiding asylum-seekers in New York City with the goal of helping them exit emergency shelters, secure work authorizations and manage their claims for asylum.
The newly announced outlay is in addition to $1.5 billion the state has already directed toward the city to address the migrant crisis, which has strained the city’s social services infrastructure since last April.
So, lots and lots of taxpayer money to pay for non-citizens. You voted for this, a goodly chunk of you New Yorkers.
There are plenty of jobs here for migrants they just need working papers. New York NEEDS entry level workers, the Biden economy has 12 million job openings.
I see on craigslist 40p jobs available under “general labor”
The 2 biggest FG orces on inflation are: energy costs( dependent on your good friends the Daudis) and rising wages.
Wages are going up because not enough workers, so let those immigrants work!
Total BS, Johnny. There’s more than enough US citizens to fill those jobs