New York City Mayor Eric Adams warned Wednesday night that the illegal immigration crisis under the Biden administration will “destroy” his city, pointing out that he doesn’t see an end to the problem as the Big Apple continues to struggle with an influx of tens of thousands of migrants from the southern border.
“Let me tell you something, New Yorkers. Never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see an ending to. I don’t see an ending to this. This issue will destroy New York City. Destroy New York City,” the Democrat mayor said. “The city we knew, we’re about to lose,” he added.
“We’re getting 10,000 migrants a month,” Mr. Adams said, noting that primarily Venezuelans arrived in the city at first, but now there are also Ecuador nationals as well as Russian-speaking individuals going through the U.S. southern border and coming to New York City.
“Now we’re getting Western Africa, now we’re getting people from all over the globe that have made their minds up that they’re going to come through the southern part of the border and come to New York City,” he continued.
“With the arrival of over 100,000 asylum seekers and migrants in the past year, coupled with the sustained arrival of hundreds if not thousands to the City every week, the federal government must partner with the City and State in handling this humanitarian crisis,” Ms. Hochul wrote.
Adams Takes Aim at Texas Governor
Mr. Adams blamed New York’s massive influx of illegal immigrants on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, as well as President Biden’s failure to address the unrelenting crisis.It started with the governor “down in Texas who decided he wanted to bus people up to New York City,” Mr. Adams said during Wednesday’s town hall event. Mr. Abbott has bused thousands of illegal immigrants to various Democrat-led cities across the United States, including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, and Philadelphia.
Now there are “110,000 migrants we have to feed, clothe, house, educate the children, wash their laundry sheets, give them everything they need, health care,” he added.
Despite cities such as Los Angeles threatening legal action over Texas’s program of busing illegal aliens away from border towns, Mr. Abbott has maintained his position, citing the overwhelming conditions in the state’s border region due to migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
Mr. Abbott’s office has consistently pointed to Los Angeles’s status as a sanctuary city as a key reason for directing illegal immigrants there. They noted that illegal immigrants on the buses sign a multi-language consent waiver indicating their intended destination.
Mr. Adams, meanwhile, also criticized President Biden’s lack of help to assist New York City in coping with the city’s influx of migrants seeking asylum.
“Month after month I stood up and I said, ‘This is going to come to a neighborhood near you.’ Well, we’re here ... we’re getting no support on this national crisis, and we’re receiving no support,” he said in an apparent jab at President Biden.
Republicans, including Mr. Abbott, have also cast the blame on President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and other administration officials for failing to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
