By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 1 hour ago, Updated 29 minutes ago
New York Mayor Eric Adams during a speech on January 4, 2023 in New York. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
New York City Hall accuses transport companies of failing to meet their obligations to pay the costs of welcoming migrants.
New York City Hall, in the fight against illegal immigration, announced that it was seeking $708 million in legal action from coach companies chartered since 2022 by southern states like Texas to send migrants to the megacity of north. “These companies violated the law by not paying the costs of welcoming these migrants and that is why we are filing a complaint to recover approximately 700 million dollars already spent on migrants sent here by Texas over the past two years.“, thundered in a press release New York Mayor Eric Adams, a former African-American police officer from the right wing of the Democratic Party.
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This action before American civil justice is the latest episode in a burning political battle over immigration in the United States, at the heart of the campaign for the presidential election in November. Republicans, of whom Donald Trump is the favorite for the primaries – but also some Democrats like Eric Adams – accuse the federal government of President Joe Biden of not acting enough to curb immigration in American states on the border with Mexico. every day illegally by 10,000 people.
More than 68,000 migrants to house and feed
Republican elected officials in Congress in Washington announced Wednesday impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Minister Alejandro Mayorkas, whom they accuse of being responsible for the migration crisis. The New York municipality estimates that since April 2022 some 164,500 migrants and asylum seekers, mainly from Latin America, have passed through this world city of 8.5 million souls built over centuries thanks to waves of immigration. .
There would remain more than 68,000 migrants to whom New York legally owes room and board for one to two months. “Since the spring of 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has admitted to having favored the transport of more than 33,600 migrants to New York without transport companies paying the price.“, accused the town hall by publishing its complaint against 17 coach companies from which it demands “708 million dollars» compensation.
Eric Adams has been fighting against the surge in immigration since coming to power in January 2022 and has even estimated that it risks “destroy” New York. The governor of Texas promulgated a law in December allowing his law enforcement agencies to arrest and expel migrants who cross the border illegally, a prerogative of the federal state. The Ministry of Justice also announced an appeal against this large conservative southern state on Wednesday, arguing that this local law is unconstitutional.
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