The organization Make the Road today accused the mayor of New York, Eric Adamsof “xenophobia” and promoting hatred towards migrants newcomers for their comments that these “they will destroy the city” if its incessant flow is not stopped, which has resulted in the arrival of 110 thousand people since April 2022.
What really threatens the future of this city is Mayor Adams’ xenophobia. “His rhetoric and his approach toward asylum seekers remain absolutely unacceptable and dangerous to the people of this city,” he said in a statement. Natalia Aristizabalco-director of the organization.
He stated that it is “frustrating” that the mayor has not accepted until now the proposal that activists have made for the city to extend to newcomers the housing voucher program, which until now is only granted to citizens with legal residence.
The latest data from the city show that it is responsible for 60,000 immigrants, including more than 20,000 children, for whom it provides shelter, food, health care, legal help and education for minors.
In recent weeks, an average of 3,000 have arrived per week, and the city is still looking for a place to house them, in addition to the shelters it has improvised in hotels, soccer fields, gyms or old schools and giant tents erected for them.
Adams said Wednesday that the arrival of thousands of migrants will mean a $12 billion deficit for the city, which will lead it to have to cut services to New Yorkers.
“It is extremely frustrating to see the mayor refuse to do the right thing on common sense policy issues like expanding access to housing vouchers, and instead try to fan the flames of hate against asylum seekers who were forced to leave everything behind to come here,” Aristizabal further noted.
He said the mayor must stop “scapegoating” new migrants and work collaboratively with municipal, state and federal leaders to address people’s real needs.
“Everyone must step forward, but blame games and divisive language are getting our city nowhere,” he said.
The New York Times headlines today that the immigrant crisis has meant that “the Republican Party already has the Democratic crisis it wanted,” in relation to the fact that Democratic cities like New York and Los Angeles are sliding towards anti-immigration discourses out of fear. to lose voters.
With information from EFE
2023-09-08 20:51:48
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