Migrant Crisis in New York: Mayor’s Controversial Statements Spark Accusations of Hatred and Violence

Aviva Fried (in the United States) / Photo credits: KENA BETANCUR / AFP 7:45 a.m., September 8, 2023

In the United States, human rights associations accuse the mayor of New York of fueling hatred and encouraging violence. He said the migration crisis will destroy his city. A position that embarrasses the White House, while 110,000 migrants have arrived in the Big Apple in a year and a half.

The mayor of New York has aroused the anger of human rights associations, who accuse him of stirring up hatred and encouraging violence, when he asserts that the migration crisis will destroy his city. Eric Adams, who has led the city for nearly two years, takes a stand in a debate that embarrasses the White House.

“We are going to lose the city we knew”

The words of Eric Adams, Democratic mayor of New York, are words that we are more used to hearing from Republicans. The former police officer did not hide his anger at the migration problem in his city: 110,000 migrants arrived in New York in a year and a half. Every month, approximately 10,000 migrants or asylum seekers arrive in New York from the southern border of the UNITED STATES.

The opposition of Joe Biden of course applauded this exit from Eric Adams, while immigration is his hobby horse for the next elections. The White House, for its part, recalls that the administration paid $140 million to New York for this crisis. And believes that it is up to Congress to legislate to resolve the problem. A way of touching on a theme that puts candidate Biden in difficulty.