New York City will provide adult illegal immigrants seeking asylum in the United States with 60 days’ notice to find alternative housing and move out of the shelters they'd been provided with.
“We stated several months ago that we’ve reached full capacity,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference at City Hall on Wednesday.
“We have no more room in this city.”
According to the new shelter directive, the effort will start in the coming weeks, starting with illegal immigrants “who have been in the city’s care for a significant amount of time.”
They will receive the 60 days notice, as well as “intensified casework services on a rolling basis,” to explore housing options and plan their next steps.
“Each asylum seeker given notice will have multiple touchpoints with case workers over their 60 days to discuss their options and plan their next steps,” according to the city announcement.
The policy will create “critically needed space for arriving families with children seeking asylum,” given that an average of 300-500 illegal immigrants are still arriving each day, the city announcement reads.
More than 90,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in New York City since the spring of 2022, primarily from the U.S. southern border.
Over 5.5 Million Illegal Immigrants
New York’s illegal immigrant crisis has been blamed on the Biden administration by Republicans for its apparent unwillingness to secure the southern U.S. border with Mexico.Over 5.5 million illegal immigrants have crossed into the United States since President Joe Biden took office.
State authorities in Texas and other parts of the county who have been taking in the majority of illegal border-crossers have been sending them to sanctuary cities like New York, which has seen its social services and shelter systems overwhelmed.
