The arrival of thousands of immigrants each week to the Big Apple and the lack of federal support could destroy New York City, Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday during an event.
Adams participated in a Townhall where he pointed out that he does not see an end to the immigration problem.
“Never in my life have I had a problem that I didn’t see an end to. But I don’t see an end to this, ”she said.
“ This situation will destroy the City of New York. We receive 10,000 immigrants every month,” he added.
He said that every week 10,000 immigrants arrive, not only from Latin America but also from Europe, Asia and Africa.
“Before we received from Venezuela, now from Ecuador, we have Russians crossing through Mexico, people from West Africa, we have people from all over the world entering through the southern border.”
He added that the expense of receiving and sheltering them will significantly impact other City programs.
“Every community in the City will be impacted. We have a deficit of 12,000 million dollars that we are going to have to cut services in the city. Everyone will be impacted,” she noted.
110,000 immigrants have arrived in New York City in the last year, 60,000 of whom are in the city’s shelter system.
New immigrant shelter opens in Long Island City
Authorities have opened a new immigrant shelter on Austell Place in Long Island City.
The site was a vacant office building before being used as a shelter.
It will have an initial capacity for 330 people and will be occupied by male immigrants traveling alone.
It is expected that in the medium term it can accommodate up to 1,000 people.
Mayor Eric Adams insisted on the need for federal support to deal with the crisis.
“We need additional support to keep up. said Mayor Adams. “As we have said month after month, only with more state and federal support and a policy change in Washington will we solve the crisis.”
Immigration crisis in New York in detail
He has also called for expediting temporary work permits for newly arrived immigrants.
Shelters are overwhelmed by the arrival of immigrants to New York:
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Dozens of immigrants are sleeping in front of the Roosevelt Hotel, since the place does not have space to house them, for this reason, the city is offering them tickets to travel to other states or to relatives and acquaintances.
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Hundreds of immigrants have invaded the surroundings of the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.
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Since the weekend, asylum seekers have been sleeping on the sidewalks.
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Using cardboard or their own suitcases, immigrants from Central and South America and Africa congregate around this hotel that serves as a registry office for the City.
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It is estimated that just last week some 2,900 immigrants arrived in the Big Apple.
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According to information from the City of New York, some 52,000 immigrants are in the temporary refuge system.
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Of them, some 1,500 have been transported to hotels and shelters outside the City.
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Last week, Mayor Eric Adams announced that men or women who arrived alone will have a 60-day limit to stay in the shelters.
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It was reported that 100 asylum seekers have already been asked to leave these temporary shelters after the implementation of this measure.
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Meanwhile, dozens of immigrants continue to arrive daily in New York, in a crisis that began in April of last year.
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The city has asked the federal government to speed up the work permit process so immigrants can get jobs legally and be less dependent on city resources.
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Officials are encouraging immigrants to seek out-of-town locations once they become available.
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2023-09-07 15:34:00
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