Published by Lisa Irving
Last August, I wrote about Democratic Mayors Eric Adams of New York City and Muriel Bowser of Washington, DC publicly stating how migrant influxes are straining their cities’ resources and overburdening homeless shelters.
Now five months later, Adams is at a breaking point, declaring that there is “no more room” for migrants in New York City.
New York City is short on housing and money for migrants, with Adams expecting costs for the migrant influxes to New York City to rise to around $2 billion, while he is also confronting migrant food waste.
“No City Deserves This” — Adams’s Border Visit
Adams accepted an invitation to the border from Democratic El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser (who has bused numerous migrants to NYC). He had declined Governor Greg Abbott’s invitation to personally visit the border months earlier.
Adams’s El Paso tour included witnessing border crossings and interacting with border patrol agents and city and non-profits officials who struggle with encounters by the minute. He also talked with migrants headed to New York City.
He concluded upon his visit that the border situation is a “man-made crisis” and that “no city deserves this.”
“Bipartisan Disrespect”
News reports cite how Adams has criticized Democrats as well as Republicans for busing migrants to New York City, calling it “bipartisan disrespect for cities.” ABC News reported:
Adams, a Democrat, also criticized the practice of some governors of transporting immigrants straight from the border to cities including New York City. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, over the last year has sent buses of immigrants to Democratic-led cities as a way to maximize exposure over what he said is inaction by the Biden administration over high numbers of migrants crossing on the southern border.
“Adams noted that the governor of Colorado, a Democrat, had also bused migrants to New York City. He said the actions of those two governors showed ‘bipartisan disrespect for cities and it was wrong.'”
The key comments start at the 57-second mark:
Immigration Policy Now A City Strategy
As Adams is adamantly discouraging more migrants from coming to New York City, the question then looms: where will the record border crossers go now? It will not be long before more cities reach their breaking point, as migrant encounters continue at record highs.
The Border Safety and Security Act (H.R. 29) would take an important first step toward stemming the unsustainable illegal immigration numbers. Thus far, the bill has no Democratic co-sponsors.
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LISA IRVING is a Content Writer for NumbersUSA’s Media Standards Project
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