A bipartisan group of New York City Council members is asking President Joe Biden to declare a federal emergency to handle the illegal immigrant crisis, saying that doing so would free up funding for the city’s boroughs, according to the New York Post.
Six Republicans and two Democrats in the Council’s “Common Sense Caucus” made their request in a letter to Biden and other Washington officials. They said an emergency declaration could help New York City Mayor Eric Adams obtain $1 billion in funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
