New York Mayor Eric Adams spent the weekend in
El Paso, Texas, where he said he wanted to see up close how the constant flow of immigrants it receives affects that border city.
On his Twitter account he posted a video with El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser.
Adams assures that he went to “learn how to better manage” the crisis that he himself has in the big apple.
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“It is very important that he sue the federal government, that the migra return any identification documentation that is being taken at the immigrant border,” said Ariadna Phillips, from the South Bronx Mutual Aid organization.
Philips assures that he has received and helped them since they began to flood the city in the spring, he says that they take away documents such as passports that they need to start a new life. Too…
“He needs to demand that the requirements of the court’s decisions to cancel title 42 be met.”
Adams visited a center on Sunday where immigrants present and receive documentation. He went to a local shelter and talked with local leaders.
Before leaving, his administration announced an agreement with the New York Hotel Association, which will house 5,000 refugees at a cost of $275 million dollars. In addition, it included more than one billion in its annual budget to be able to continue providing aid to those who come and those who are already here.
Paul Molina, a Venezuelan immigrant, appreciates the efforts, but what he really wants, he says, is to work.
“We need to work like all people, all adults. But by not giving us the ability to do it in a legal way, we are completely exposed to looking for alternatives that are sometimes uncertain.”
Paul arrived in New York six months ago.
She left her three-year-old daughter in Venezuela and it bothers her to feel like a social burden.
“We, the community that lives in this situation, sometimes allow ourselves to be mistreated due to ignorance of whether or not they have rights,” adds Molina.
“A very basic solution, which can be done right now, is to speed up this process, to access work permits, for immigrants who come here seeking asylum,” Philips continues.
Adams promised them “open arms.” Governor Kathy Hochul has promised assistance.
But it was the administration of current President Joe Biden that opened the door, and despite the mayor’s pleas and complaints, federal aid is not forthcoming.
According to the city, there are already some 32,000 new immigrants who have arrived in New York from the southern border. The cost, they say, amounts to two billion dollars. More are on the way.
