Status: 07.10.2022 22:05
Migrants from South and Central America have been coming to New York for months. According to Mayor Adams, there are now around 17,000. The city is no longer able to provide for all of them and needs help.
New York Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency following the arrival of thousands of migrants from the southern border area. “We now have a situation where more people are arriving in New York than we can immediately accommodate, including families with babies and young children,” Adams said. The city is unable to provide for the many people.
The city will have to raise $ 1 billion for this year, the mayor said, calling for help from both New York state and the US government in Washington. Declaring a state of emergency allows federal funds to be diverted.
“We are on the brink of the abyss,” Adams said. “We need help. And we need it now.” According to Adams, between five and six buses arrive each day carrying migrants, nine on Thursday alone. According to the mayor, New York has already opened 42 new shelters for the homeless, mostly in hotels, but even that is not enough.
Buses organized in part by Republicans
Since spring, migrants arrive in the metropolis on buses, some of which are organized and paid for by Republican politicians from Texas and Arizona. The attempt to put pressure on the government of President Joe Biden and to bring about changes in migration policy is suspected to be behind this.
By that time, the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona had begun transporting migrants by bus from border areas to the Democratic cities of Washington, New York and Chicago, among other places. A state of emergency was declared a few weeks ago in Washington.
More than 17,000 migrants from South and Central America are already in New York, Mayor Adams said. You are not authorized to work under federal law in the United States. However, Adams pointed out that people are welcome in the city. “New Yorkers have always stood up for our immigrant brothers and sisters,” he said. The compassion of New Yorkers is boundless, the means are not.
