Several illegal migrants spoke at a New York City Council meeting this week to complain that the city&#8217;s free services provided to them are not acceptable.
The City Council held a meeting on Tuesday specifically to hear about the experiences of black migrants in the city. There, migrants and their advocates accused the city of treating them unfairly.
&#8220;My kids cannot eat the food at the shelter,&#8221; one mother said at the hearing, speaking through a translator. &#8220;And on Ramadan time we couldn&#8217;t eat because when you come back on the break the food is no good at all.&#8221;
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&quot;This is shameful time for NYC. IT IS ANTI-AFRICAN AND XENOPHOBIC!&quot;
Another migrant complains about the free accommodations provided to black illegal immigrants in NYC: <a href="https://t.co/OVNlvBCFGf">pic.twitter.com/OVNlvBCFGf</a>
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&#8220;And they give us two months to stay at the shelter and then you have to go out again with your luggage and your kids and find another place. It&#8217;s very difficult,&#8221; she added.
She added that she has children over 18 who have never had any schooling.
&#8220;So please help us,&#8221; she said.
Migrants also pushed for a speedier process to work authorization.
&#8220;Anywhere you go to find a job, they ask for working papers,&#8221; said Mohammed Bah, who <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/migrant-rally-for-housing-work-permits/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came</a> from Guinea five months ago.
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Corinne Obongo Golden, a member of the group Africa is Everywhere, became heated at the hearing, telling councilmembers, &#8220;This is unacceptable. This is shameful time in New York history. This city is not friendly for all people. It is anti-African and xenophobic.&#8221;
&#8220;Africans deserve dignity and respect. We are not animals,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m so upset &#8230; I want all my fellow Africans to know what it is that they will face if they come to New York City.&#8221;
&#8220;They are here to show you that they belong, and that they are here and that they should not be erased. Please listen to them,&#8221; said Patrice Lawrence, executive director of the UndocuBlack Network.
Other migrants held a rally outside City Hall prior to the hearing to air their grievances.
“We have issues with housing. We don’t have work. A lot of us weren’t able to apply for asylum yet, because we don’t have the means to pay the lawyers,” one migrant <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/politics/2024/04/16/black-migrants-call-on-city-to-provide-equitable-and-fair-services" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, speaking through an interpreter.
Several local lawmakers showed up at the rally as well and echoed the calls from migrants for better services.
“Our color should not determine what service we get in New York City, because when every once else comes they get the services,” said Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse, who is Haitian American and a Democrat representing Brooklyn.
New York has seen an influx of more than 180,000 illegal migrants over the past two years creating a crisis that has strained the city’s budget and caused officials to plead for federal help. As of last month, the top African countries from which migrants come to New York City and end up in the city&#8217;s care <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/politics/2024/04/16/black-migrants-call-on-city-to-provide-equitable-and-fair-services" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are</a> Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania.

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Massachusetts residents say that immigration is the top issue facing the state, a recent poll has found.
The poll, performed by the MassINC Polling Group, <a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/by-the-numbers/mass-residents-say-immigration-migrants-top-issue-facing-state/#:~:text=In%20a%20new%20CommonWealth%20Beacon,and%20welfare%20(12%20percent).">asked 1,002 Massachusetts residents</a> what they believe is the most important issue facing the state, leaving the question open-ended.
A plurality of Massachusetts residents, 21%, said that immigration and migrants are the biggest issues facing the Bay State, with housing coming in second at 15%. Taxes, government spending, and welfare came in as the third biggest issue facing the state at 12%. Inflation and the cost of living, meanwhile, tied government spending in third place at 12%.
The vast majority of respondents, 67%, said that the situation was either a crisis (28%) or a major problem (39%), with Democrats showing significant concern over the issue. Among Democrats, 21% called the issue a crisis and 40% called it a major problem. The poll was conducted online between March 21st and 29th, surveyed 1,002 Massachusetts residents, and has a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
Immigration broke the top 10 most pressing issues among poll respondents in Massachusetts for the first time in August 2023 when it moved into fourth place with 10% of respondents dubbing it the Bay State’s biggest issue.
Massachusetts is not the only blue state that has become concerned about the effects of Biden’s open border. Another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-colorado-voters-say-immigration-is-the-top-issue-as-2024-election-draws-closer">recent poll</a> found that likely voters in Colorado say that immigration is the top issue facing their state as well. The poll found that 14% of likely Colorado voters said immigration is the top issue facing the state, with homelessness coming in second at 12%.
The Massachusetts and Colorado polls correspond with a wider national trend, with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration">36% of voters</a> across the country saying that immigration is the top issue facing the country, while inflation came in second place. A recent Harvard-Harris poll also found that Biden’s lowest issue-specific approval rating is on immigration, a trend that has persisted for four consecutive months.
The poll results come as the United States faces an unprecedented crisis on our southern border, with officials recording about 9 million <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters">nationwide encounters</a> and 1.7 million <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-may-have-lost-track-millions-of-migrants-crossing-southern-border-congressional-report">estimated gotaways</a> since President Joe Biden took office. The figure poses a sharp contrast with the 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.

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A new migrant caravan with thousands of people is headed for El Paso and is expected to arrive any day.
About 2,000 migrants began traveling earlier this month from Tapachula at the southern tip of Mexico near the Guatemala border. Video clips posted on social media show the huge group walking along roads near traffic and carrying a large white cross with red lettering.
One man can be heard telling the crowd through a bullhorn, “A la frontera,” which means, “To the border.”
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🚨BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/Oscarelblue?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Oscarelblue</a> captures footage of a CARAVAN OF 3000 Migrants leaving the south of Mexico with direction to the USA! <a href="https://t.co/bDGo8nAYPG">pic.twitter.com/bDGo8nAYPG</a>
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🚨BREAKING NEWS: New criminal alien caravan organized by Catholic Church “Viacrucis Migrante” makes its way to the United States. Each one of them will break into our country and Joe Biden will give them free work permits, free housing, education, healthcare and legal services. <a href="https://t.co/0JpQ3YzxGJ">pic.twitter.com/0JpQ3YzxGJ</a>
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The group is headed to Ciudad Juarez, which shares a border with El Paso, <a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2024/04/01/migrant-caravan-heads-to-u-s--mexico-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Voir Dire International, a group that tracks mass migration.
The caravan has been dubbed the &#8220;Way of the Cross Migrants&#8221; and includes men, women, and children from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and 17 other countries, according to the tracking group.
“Migrants have no other option but to walk as part of a group or hitch a ride in a trailer that could be their death,” organizer Luis Villagran with the Center for Human Dignity in Tapachula <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/new-2000-strong-migrant-caravan-heading-for-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMezP4WlZW4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telemundo</a>.
Churches in El Paso are preparing shelter for the caravan&#8217;s arrival, <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/new-2000-strong-migrant-caravan-heading-for-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Border Report.
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“We continue to marshal all available resources and be aware of the trends,” Bishop Mark Seitz of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/new-2000-strong-migrant-caravan-heading-for-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Border Report on Monday. “El Paso has shown itself to be very able to gear up when the surge comes and provide a safe and orderly way for those who have been permitted to come in to find a secure situation and continue on their path.”
However, shelter space is strained in El Paso, a hot spot for illegal border crossings that has been overwhelmed by migrants over the last two years.
The news of the caravan comes after a large group of migrant men stormed the El Paso border and assaulted National Guard members last month.
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NEW: Texas has arrested 70 more migrants who rioted at the southern border in El Paso, Texas and assaulted National Guard troops. 
Glad to see someone is taking action. 
Texas charged nine of the migrants on Wednesday involved in the riot. 
Knives and shanks were… <a href="https://t.co/LXgME5ivrX">pic.twitter.com/LXgME5ivrX</a>
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More than 70 migrants have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-arrests-70-more-migrants-who-stormed-el-paso-border-report">arrested</a> on misdemeanor rioting charges related to the March 21 incident. In the wake of the violent incident, the Texas National Guard <a href="https://www.borderreport.com/regions/texas/texas-deploys-hundreds-of-specially-trained-troops-to-el-paso-border/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent</a> 200 members of the Tactical Border Force to El Paso. The force specializes in civil disturbance. Texas also recently installed more border wire in El Paso.
The southern border has been in a state of crisis for years under the Biden administration. Last year, 2.5 million migrants were apprehended crossing or trying to cross the southern border, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-border-mexico-chinese-migrants-60-minutes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The administration has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/02/11/trump-biden-immigration-border-compared/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> more than 2.3 million border crossers into the country since 2021. Meanwhile, more than 96,000 “known gotaways,” migrants who were detected but not caught, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-96000-known-gotaways-at-southern-border-since-october-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> crossed the southern border just between October 1 and January.
The border crisis has resulted also in tens of thousands of migrants descending on major cities like New York City, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. New York City has seen more than 183,000 migrants show up since the spring of 2022. Chicago has seen more than 37,000 migrants. Both cities have spent tens of millions of dollars on food, shelter, and other migrant-related costs.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> has reportedly arrested another 70 of the migrants who stormed the El Paso border and assaulted National Guard members earlier this month.
The 70 migrants have been arrested on misdemeanor rioting charges related to the March 21 incident, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/29/us-news/texas-arrests-70-more-migrants-who-stormed-el-paso-border-source/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Friday.
The violent incident was caught on video, which shows a large group of adult male migrants tearing down fences with razor wire and pushing up against several National Guardsmen, eventually overwhelming them and rushing up to a tall border wall.
Texas had already charged nine migrants on Wednesday who were allegedly involved in the assault. They face charges of inciting a riot, damaging property over $2,500, and assault on members of the National Guard.
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NEW: Texas has arrested 70 more migrants who rioted at the southern border in El Paso, Texas and assaulted National Guard troops. 
Glad to see someone is taking action. 
Texas charged nine of the migrants on Wednesday involved in the riot. 
Knives and shanks were… <a href="https://t.co/LXgME5ivrX">pic.twitter.com/LXgME5ivrX</a>
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Earlier this week, Texas surged soldiers and resources to boost border security operations in El Paso.
We continue to reinforce existing border barriers and repel illegal crossings.
Texas will hold the line.
More: <a href="https://t.co/BmQv9or3HB">https://t.co/BmQv9or3HB</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZYaYm8uttz">pic.twitter.com/ZYaYm8uttz</a>
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The first migrant to be charged was Junior Evaristo-Benitez, 21, of Honduras, who allegedly stepped on a National Guard soldier&#8217;s knee “purposefully and with malice.”
About 200 migrants are being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Texas reportedly wants to charge them all.
However, federal authorities “are not being as cooperative as Border Patrol,” an official reportedly told the Post.
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The majority of the migrants involved in the border rushing incident were men from Venezuela, <a href="https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/operation-lone-star-deploys-200-border-soldiers-to-el-paso-amidst-migrant-incidents-texas-border-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Just before the migrants rushed the border, National Guardsmen reportedly began directing the groups back toward Mexico, at which point they began to rush the soldiers.
One migrant allegedly tried to grab a soldier&#8217;s firearm. Knives and shanks were also later reportedly confiscated from some of the migrants.
In response to the migrants rushing the border, Governor Greg Abbott (R) <a href="https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/operation-lone-star-deploys-200-border-soldiers-to-el-paso-amidst-migrant-incidents-texas-border-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deployed</a> 200 tactical border force soldiers to El Paso, who arrived on Tuesday.
Texas also recently installed more border wire in El Paso.
The southern border has been in a state of crisis for years under the Biden administration.
Last year, 2.5 million migrants were apprehended crossing or trying to cross the southern border, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-border-mexico-chinese-migrants-60-minutes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The administration has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/02/11/trump-biden-immigration-border-compared/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> more than 2.3 million border crossers into the country since 2021.
Meanwhile, more than 96,000 “known gotaways,” migrants who were detected but not caught, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-96000-known-gotaways-at-southern-border-since-october-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> crossed the southern border just between October 1 and January.
The border crisis has resulted also in tens of thousands of migrants descending on major cities like New York City, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
New York City has seen more than 183,000 migrants show up since the spring of 2022. Chicago has seen more than 37,000 migrants. Both cities have spent tens of millions of dollars on food, shelter, and other migrant-related costs.

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Texas Arrests 70 More Migrants Who Stormed El Paso Border: Report

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The Biden administration&#8217;s census projections for how many immigrants are living in the U.S. are already &#8220;obsolete&#8221; due to the massive influx of illegal immigrants crossing the southern border, a new report has found.
The total immigrant population — both legal and illegal — currently sits at a record high of 51.4 million, or 15.5% of the population, as of February, <a href="https://cis.org/Report/ForeignBorn-Share-and-Number-Record-Highs-February-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the report from the Center for Immigration Studies, which analyzed the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey.
This is an increase of 6.4 million since President Biden took office, the report says.
More than half of that increase is likely due to illegal immigration, although legal immigrants still make up about three-fourths of the total foreign-born population, the report notes.
Back in November, the Census Bureau predicted that the foreign-born share of the population would not reach 15.5% until 2039.
&#8220;The scale of immigration is so high that it appears to have made the Census Bureau population projections, published in November of last year, obsolete,&#8221; the report says.
Most of the increase is due to immigration from Latin America, which has jumped 4.2 million since Biden took office, according to the report. Immigration from the Indian subcontinent has also spiked 819,000, and immigration from the Middle East is up 654,000.
About 172,000 foreign-born people currently enter the country each month, about four times the monthly increase under the Trump administration.
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Meanwhile, the education level of new migrants has declined, due in part to the influx of illegal migrants. About 44% of adults who arrived in the last two years have no education beyond high school, up from 29% in 2018.
Also, the number of immigrant workers is climbing, while the number of American-born workers is dropping. A total of 31 million immigrant workers, more than three million more than in February, 2020, now make up a record 19% of all workers.
Since 1970, the foreign-born share of the population has tripled. It has risen 40% since just 2000.
&#8220;The enormous scale of immigration over the past three years has implications for nearly every aspect of American society, including public coffers, the labor market, schools, hospitals, and the balance of political power, to say nothing of whether we can assimilate this many people,&#8221; the report says.
The crisis at the southern border has resulted in tens of thousands of migrants descending on major cities like New York City, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
New York City has seen more than 183,000 migrants show up since the spring of 2022. Chicago has seen more than 37,000 migrants. Both cities have spent tens of millions of dollars on food, shelter, and other migrant-related costs.

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The New York City Council is asking <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York&#8217;s</a> highest court to reverse a pair of rulings in a move that could ultimately allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.
The controversial law would allow 800,000 non-citizens with green cards to vote.
“Today’s filing to appeal the Second Department’s recent decision seeks a determination from the state’s highest court that the law is consistent with the State Constitution, Election Law, and the Municipal Home Rule Law,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/city-council-asks-highest-court-to-allow-non-citizens-to-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> City Council spokesperson Rendy Desamours.
“Empowering New Yorkers to participate in our local democratic process can only strengthen New York City by increasing civic engagement,” he said.
The election law has been winding its way through the court system since it was passed by the City Council back in 2021 and signed into law by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio (D).
Last month, the law was struck down as unconstitutional by an appeals court. The appeals court&#8217;s decision <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/02/21/us-news/nyc-non-citizen-voting-law-struck-down-as-unconstitutional/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upheld</a> a lower court&#8217;s ruling in 2022 that was appealed by Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council.
Adams, a Democrat, said at the beginning of 2022 that he had initially had some concerns about the bill, but that he was reassured after speaking with colleagues.
“I believe allowing the legislation to be enacted is by far the best choice, and look forward to bringing millions more into the democratic process,” Adams <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/021-22/mayor-adams-on-our-city-our-vote-legislation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time.
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The appeals court judge wrote in his ruling last month that if non-citizens could vote, they could also potentially run for mayor.
Assemblyman Michael Tannousis, a Republican representing Staten Island, was one of the plaintiffs in that case.
“During a time where nearly 200,000 migrants have flooded our city and streets, disrupting the public and attacking our police officers, my colleagues and I have worked tirelessly to protect our voting laws which were created for citizens of the United States,” Tannousis said last month.
Illegal migrants would not be able to vote under the bill, but they remain a major concern for the city. More than 183,000 migrants have shown up in New York City since the spring of 2022, straining the city&#8217;s shelter space and causing budget cuts.
The City Council argues, however, that non-citizens in the U.S. legally, such as those with green cards, should be allowed to vote since they pay taxes.
“In plain English, the New York state constitution says only citizens have a right to vote in these elections,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/city-council-asks-highest-court-to-allow-non-citizens-to-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Staten Island President Vito Fossella, who filed the legal challenge to the law along with other lawmakers.
“The city council has no authority to do what they did,” Fossella said, adding that, “We are not surprised.”

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Massachusetts is spending about $75 million a month on shelters and is reportedly on track to run out of cash next month as officials struggle to contend with a migrant crisis.
Democrat Governor Maura Healey&#8217;s administration has not revealed exactly when the money is slated to run out, but it is <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/03/22/massachusetts-spending-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-cash-could-run-out-in-april-without-infusion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to be sometime in early or mid-April, according to the Boston Herald.
“We don’t have any further updates at this time. We are encouraged by the progress the Legislature has made and look forward to working with them to finalize the supplemental budget as soon as possible,” Matt Murphy, spokesman for the administration&#8217;s Executive Office for Administration &amp; Finance, <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/03/22/massachusetts-spending-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-cash-could-run-out-in-april-without-infusion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the news outlet.
Massachusetts has seen an influx of thousands of migrants in recent months that has strained the state&#8217;s shelter system as well as its finances.
About 7,500 families <a href="https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/massachusetts-sets-new-requirements-migrants-shelters-open-chelsea-soldiers-home-site/NXLYNYCUURBRFAUPWURTKJUMK4/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are currently</a> living in emergency assistance shelters, and another 240 families are currently living at state overflow sites. Those numbers do not take into account the thousands more single migrants and homeless Americans housed in the shelters.
The state legislature is currently negotiating a new spending plan with lawmakers working to add hundreds of millions of dollars to the state&#8217;s budget to fund the government&#8217;s response to the migrant crisis.
“I’m hopeful that once we get into this discussion with our counterparts that we’ll be able to produce something with time to spare in terms of any funding running out,” House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/03/22/massachusetts-spending-75-million-a-month-on-shelters-cash-could-run-out-in-april-without-infusion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the outlet.
Massachusetts will soon <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mass-adding-new-requirements-for-migrants-opening-chelsea-soldiers-home-site/3318181/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">start</a> requiring migrants at the shelters to start showing they are attempting to obtain work or housing, the Healey administration announced Monday.
Healey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/massachusetts-governor-says-state-can-no-longer-guarantee-shelter-for-migrant-families" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> in October that the state could no longer guarantee shelter for migrant families as the shelter system reached capacity due to a flood of illegal migrants.
“We are entering a new phase of this challenge — we can no longer guarantee shelter placement for families who are sent here,” Healey said at the time.
In August, Healey <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4260155-massachusetts-migrants-homeless-no-shelter-gaurantee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> a state of emergency over the migrant issue and activated 250 state National Guard members to aid shelters and hotels that are housing migrants.
Since then, Healey has urged the Biden administration to provide federal aid to Massachusetts for the crisis, as well as to speed up the work visa approval process for migrants.
Other states and cities are also struggling with a huge influx of illegal migrants who have arrived in recent months.
New York City has a similar shelter crisis with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-to-limit-migrant-family-shelter-stays-to-60-days-mayor-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than</a> 183,000 migrants arriving since spring of 2022. Chicago has <a href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/texas-new-arrivals/home/Dashboard.html#:~:text=Since%20August%2031%2C%202022%2C%20the,the%20City's%20new%20arrivals%20response." target="_blank" rel="noopener">seen</a> more than 37,000 migrants arrive since the summer of 2022.

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QUEMADO, Texas — Driving his pickup truck through the 8,200-acre ranch he manages, Texas rancher Wayne King said he has continuously had to fix his fence thousands of times as illegal migrants continue to invade his land. 
Those repairs are essential for the safety of both his animals and the community — he keeps exotic African and Indian animals on his property for clients to hunt recreationally, but many have gone missing because of illegal immigrants crossing through. 
“I&#8217;ve had them cut big holes, big square holes where they can get through. I&#8217;ve had them cut from top to bottom, lay it back, drive through it,” King said. “I&#8217;ve already estimated we&#8217;ve lost about $400,000 in revenue from game being out.”
<h3>WATCH: Texas Rancher Slams Biden Administration For Failing To Protect His Land From Illegal Migrants</h3>
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The exotic species of animals at Tequesquite Ranch in Quemado, Texas include scimitar-horned oryx, kudu, addax, lechwe, blesbok, impala, eland, gazelle, gemsbok, wildebeest, zebra, blackbuck, as well as fallow and axis deer. 
King said he&#8217;s frustrated by the migrants causing destruction to his property rather than passing through harmlessly or crossing legally.
“If they really wanted to do this right, why are they coming to my pastures? Why are they destroying water troughs? Water lines, windmills, fences? Why are they doing that? Why don&#8217;t they just cross the bridge where they can get all of the government&#8217;s handouts and everything&#8217;s hunky dory?”
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King, who lives in a house on the property, said he’s been awakened in the middle of the night by migrants surrounding his house. 
“I&#8217;ve had several instances where I woke up anywhere from 11:00 [at night] to 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning, with my house surrounded and everybody banging on my windows and doors, and I&#8217;ve stepped out with my pistol and told them to get. And with the big groups, I just let them bang and go, because you don&#8217;t dare step outside.”
“I don&#8217;t care: they ain&#8217;t coming in and I ain&#8217;t going out,” King said when asked what he thought the migrants wanted from him.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-crisis-pregnant-illegal-goes-into-labor-after-swimming-across-texas-border-husband-explains">WATCH: Illegal Immigrant Says His Pregnant Wife Just Went Into Labor On U.S. Shore Of Rio Grande</a>
Under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), law enforcement in several counties began to use the powerful tactic of arresting illegal migrants with landowners’ permission for trespassing on private property. At King’s ranch, law enforcement is permitted to access the land and arrest migrants that are detected crossing through on cameras or by helicopters. 
“We&#8217;re all tickled to death with what he&#8217;s doing,” King said of Abbott. “Nobody else has decided to do that.”
The migrants crossing through ranches are what law enforcement calls “gotaways” or migrants who do not wish to turn themselves in and claim asylum because they are criminals or have a difficult time qualifying.
King said he’s seen several different nationalities of migrants. 
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“I&#8217;ve had Middle Easterners, I&#8217;ve had Somalians, I&#8217;ve had nearly every country in South America come through,” he said. “We just caught a group a week ago. We caught eight and you could look at every one of them and they were no good.”
King said he was very appreciative of Abbott for standing up to the Biden Administration and said he’s beginning to see a difference.
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“When I say it&#8217;s slowed down, that&#8217;s a loose term,” King said, pointing out that there’s still more work to do. “ When this first started, it was 100 [migrants] a week coming through here. Now I&#8217;m down to probably 25 a week, but we shouldn&#8217;t have to put up with it.”
“Abbott is doing his utmost best to protect us here on the border,” he added. “It&#8217;s just crazy. I mean, but what else do you want to call it when our state is trying to protect us, but yet our federal government is trying to stop the state from protecting us.”
King added that he believes that the federal government and Congress need to step up and do more.
“I&#8217;m sick to my stomach over it,” he said. “I&#8217;m 72 years old, so I go way back and I remember when people were actually patriotic and people actually love this country and I don&#8217;t see it right now in Congress.”
“When you go up there and you become a senator, you become a representative, you become president, you take an oath to protect our borders,” he added. “Well, I don&#8217;t see it and neither of us down here on the border see it.”

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The following is an edited transcript of a recent interview between <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/dr-houman-david-hemmati" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Houman David Hemmati</a> and Morning Wire host Georgia Howe on the rise in cases of tuberculosis and measles. Catch the full interview on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/schumer-s-israel-critique-inflationary-economic-trends-3-15-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Morning Wire</a>.
Georgia Howe: Dr. Hemmati, thanks so much for coming on.
Dr. Hemmati: It&#8217;s a pleasure.
Georgia: Now, the California Department of Public Health recently <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/CAHAN/Substantial-Increase-in-Tuberculosis-in-California-Recommendations-for-California-Healthcare-Providers.aspx#:~:text=were%202%2C110%20cases.-,Since%202020%2C%20TB%20cases%20in%20California%20have%20been%20increasing%20each,patients%20with%20TB%20are%20hospitalized." target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent out an alert</a> to all doctors about a “Substantial Increase in Tuberculosis.” What did that letter say?
Dr. Hemmati: That letter, which was sent to all doctors, said that the state is experiencing a surge in tuberculosis cases. That&#8217;s number one. Number two, those tuberculosis cases are largely originating from people who have come here from outside the country. And number three, and what is particularly alarming, is that this type of tuberculosis coming into California, and presumably the rest of the United States, has about a 13% or higher death rate.
Georgia: Is there any way to screen people? What&#8217;s the normal procedure for checking people for tuberculosis?
Dr. Hemmati: That&#8217;s a great question. Anytime someone wants to come into the U.S. on a visa or green card a standard part of the process, among other medical assessments, is to perform a tuberculosis blood test and, in many cases, in addition to that, a chest x-ray to simply rule it out. However, when someone doesn&#8217;t have those — and especially if they&#8217;re coming from endemic nations, which we&#8217;re surrounded by, especially to the south — then there&#8217;s a high chance that they could be bringing it in undetected.
Georgia: Now, why is TB such a threat? Can you describe a little bit about how it progresses and why it becomes so intractable?
Dr. Hemmati: Yes. So tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria, not caused by a virus like COVID. It&#8217;s a particularly unusual type of bacteria that can reside in the lungs, sometimes asymptomatically and at other times with no symptoms at all. It can stay like that, even with no symptoms, for years or decades, and at any point basically pop up and cause a horrific infection that chews up the lungs and causes the infected person to spew large amounts of bacteria every time they cough. This is why it has a high death rate, because it literally chews through the lung tissue and leaves nothing behind other than a gaping hole. 
The problem with tuberculosis is that we only have a few medications in our arsenal to try to defeat it. And those medications, even when they do work, can take many months to years of therapy in order to kill the bacteria. The problem now is that we&#8217;re seeing a lot of multidrug resistant tuberculosis — bacteria for which none of the drugs we have available work or work well enough. This is why I think we&#8217;re suddenly seeing such high death rates — death rates we have never been seen before in this country.
<h3><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/schumer-s-israel-critique-inflationary-economic-trends-3-15-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LISTEN: Hear the full interview with Dr. Hemmati on Morning Wire</a>.</h3>
Georgia: How easily is it transmitted?
Dr. Hemmati: That’s a great question. You generally have to be in relatively close proximity with a person who&#8217;s actively coughing in order to get tuberculosis, which is pretty rare. It is transmitted in the air from relatively close contacts, but it doesn&#8217;t mean less than six feet. You can be in the same room, in the same general vicinity. It&#8217;s not necessarily easy to get, but once you get it, you have it and you have it for good. Incidentally, the predominant use of the N95 mask is really for prevention of tuberculosis. Whenever we would see someone who had tuberculosis or who was presumed to have a case of tuberculosis in the hospital, we would have to wear the N95 mask simply to be around them. Without a mask like that, being in close proximity puts you at risk.
Georgia: The CDC is also investigating a measles outbreak at a migrant center in Chicago. Can you give us some insight into what’s happening there?
Dr. Hemmati: It is very likely related to immigration. And the reason why I say that is that we&#8217;ve seen measles outbreaks in migrant housing centers, including one just this last week in Chicago. So when you have people coming in the country who are not being screened for having been infected with measles, all of a sudden you are bringing in people who could be carrying this disease and could be spreading it within their community of people who have zero vaccination rates. This can pose a major public health threat.
Georgia: Should the CDC be testing people at the border as they coming across? What would be the solution for this?
Dr. Hemmati: Well, the solution we&#8217;ve already had for decades is to test anyone coming into the country for measles. Without getting that testing done and getting a lot of different vaccinations checked as well, you simply couldn&#8217;t get a green card to immigrate to the U.S. Problems occur when that process is circumvented and the system is simply overwhelmed by people who are doing a runaround, then you get people coming in who are not tested. And, at this point, with the large numbers who are streaming through our borders, it&#8217;s basically impossible to test every single person, especially since so many are considered “gotaways” and are never even processed through the system.
Georgia: Dr. Hemmati, thank you so much for coming on.
Dr. Hemmati: Thank you. It&#8217;s a pleasure.

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New York City last week reached a deal with homeless activists to scale back the city&#8217;s &#8220;right to shelter&#8221; law, easing some of the pressure on the city to house thousands of new illegal migrants.
Under the new agreement, adult migrants will only be allowed to stay in city shelters for 30 days, city officials announced Friday.
Families with children will not be affected by the agreement, and some adults who meet certain criteria such as having a medical disability will be allowed to stay longer. Younger adult migrants ages 18 to 23 will have slightly longer, at least 60 days, in shelters before being booted. Homeless people who are not migrants will also not be affected.
“Over the last year or so, the humanitarian crisis stemming from large numbers of migrants arriving in New York City stretched to the breaking point the city’s ability to comply with existing requirements” of the consent decree, the judge overseeing the case said, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/nyregion/nyc-right-to-shelter-homeless-migrants.html">according</a> to The New York Times.
The new rules take effect immediately.
Previously, New York had a decades-old obligation to give a shelter bed to any homeless person who asks for one. No other major U.S. city has a requirement like this.
New York City has seen about 183,000 new illegal migrants show up in the city since the spring of 2022. About 65,000 migrants remain in the city&#8217;s care forcing the city to slash its budget and open new shelters.
Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, hailed the agreement in a statement, saying the &#8220;crisis&#8221; has had &#8220;far-reaching implications&#8221; for the city.
“We have been clear since day one that the right to shelter was never intended to apply to large-scale migrant populations arriving without housing or legal work status in such a short period of time,” Adams <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td1AP2pWwIg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
&#8220;This new agreement acknowledges the realities of where we are today,&#8221; Adams said, adding that the city &#8220;has done and will continue to do our part to manage this humanitarian crisis, but we cannot bear the brunt of this crisis along with just a handful of other cities.&#8221;
Meanwhile, the Biden administration is dealing with an ongoing crisis at the southern border, with hundreds of thousands of migrants illegally crossing into the country every month. In December, authorities encountered 302,000 migrants at the border, the highest monthly total on record and the first time the total has ever topped 300,000. Overall last year, 2.5 million migrants were apprehended crossing or trying to cross the southern border, <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-december-2023-monthly-update#:~:text=In%20December%202023%2C%20the%20U.S.,border%20in%20December%20were%20302%2C034.">according</a> to the CBP. However, that does not include the more than 96,000 “known gotaways,” migrants who were detected but not caught, or the unknown gotaways.
President Biden’s approval rating on immigration <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4394262-biden-approval-rating-on-handling-immigration-reaches-all-time-low-poll/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hit</a> an all-time low of 32% last month, and his overall approval rating remains low as well.

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Tyson Foods is hiring a number of illegal immigrants who have recently arrived in New York.
Tyson, which is known for its chicken products and owns brands like Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm, has already hired dozens of migrants who obtained work permits and is looking to hire many more, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-11/tyson-is-hiring-new-york-immigrants-for-jobs-no-one-else-wants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The meatpacking company is working with Tent Partnership for Refugees, which was founded by Chobani yogurt founder Hamdi Ulukaya, to hire some of the recently arrived migrants in New York.
On one day in February, Tyson met with 17 migrants from Venezuela, Mexico, and Colombia at Chobani’s offices in Manhattan and hired them to work at Tyson&#8217;s Humboldt, Tennessee plant. Last week, Tyson reportedly hired 70 more migrants.
New York has seen an influx of more than 180,000 illegal migrants over the past two years creating a crisis that has strained the city&#8217;s budget and caused officials to plead for federal help.
Tyson already employs about 42,000 immigrants and refugees, although it is not clear how many are in the country illegally.
“We would like to employ another 42,000 if we could find them,” Garrett Dolan, a human resources leader at Tyson, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-11/tyson-is-hiring-new-york-immigrants-for-jobs-no-one-else-wants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Bloomberg.
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“We’re recognizing there’s not a lot of people that are going to be working labor-manufacturing jobs that are American,” Dolan said, adding that many of the new hires “are going to come from refugees and immigrants, so we’re now in the business of strategically thinking that through.”
Tyson has a high turnover rate for frontline employees — those washing and packing chicken, for example — with four in 10 of those workers leaving the company each year. Because of this, the company is looking to hire about 52,000 employees just over this year. Those frontline jobs start at $16.50 an hour and include benefits.
Tyson is also providing migrant workers with other benefits including on-site childcare, transportation, and optional English classes. The new hires from New York also get temporary housing, a relocation stipend to move to Humboldt, and paid time off.
The company also set aside $1.5 million for legal aid services and is providing workers with paid time off to attend court hearings.
In 2023, Tyson paid for 1,317 workers to become U.S. citizens.
“They’re very, very loyal,” Dolan said. “They’ve been uprooted and what they want is stability — what they want is a sense of belonging.”
Tyson currently has a U.S. workforce of about 120,000 people.
Last year, Tyson was one of several food companies that faced a Labor Department probe over allegations of child migrant labor. Tyson has said it has zero tolerance for child labor and maintained it does not allow minors to work at any of its facilities.
Some critics took to social media to call for a boycott over Tyson&#8217;s decision to hire migrants.
&#8220;Tyson is selling out Americans and hiring illegal immigrants,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1768674422175527382" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> X user Paul Szypula. &#8220;This is blatantly America-Last.&#8221;
&#8220;Tyson is closing its facility in Perry, Iowa and laying off its 1,200 workers. Instead, they plan to hire thousands of new illegals in states like New York. #BoycottTyson. Pass it on,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1768589814260015610">posted</a> the X account End Wokeness.

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One Colorado city reaffirmed that it is not a sanctuary city as tens of thousands of illegal migrants pour into the state.
The city council of Aurora, which sits just east of Denver, approved a <a href="https://www.auroragov.org/common/pages/DownloadFileByUrl.aspx?key=T33oREoNY3ge58LSFMr%2fYd%2fU2FWC2PnB1ROPA6snV8aUu6H31JX%2bkM9pG%2bZB7rMyAa4hZ1iQthuIFPtGwkEa9eVO76fmceJNQkQSzsEnKODtY4%2bO4toow28JK8TKTca3GLaAd%2f5bKeQPmWeL2OwXMMP4tHqieF66zoVYAG8Qt3dUxonqTtXinZlKajHa1RToiSNb4wuwfq%2fTsy6gLB4Mh8UfrfV56r5jkXDX0RH6%2bhQbmhHk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> in a 7-3 vote on Monday demanding that large groups of migrants not be transported there since it is unable to fund new services for migrants or homeless people.
“The City Council affirms remaining a Non-Sanctuary City and asserts the City does not currently have the financial capacity to fund new services related to this crisis and demands that other municipalities and entities do not systematically transport migrants or people experiencing homelessness to the City,” the resolution states.
The resolution also <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/02/27/aurora-council-sanctuary-bus-migrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calls</a> on the federal government to “secure our nation’s borders.”
In recent months, Denver has become a hotspot for more than 40,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, who began arriving in droves in December, 2022.
Earlier this month, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, a Democrat, announced cuts to the city&#8217;s budget due to the migrant crisis. The DMV and the parks department were some of the first areas of city government affected.
&#8220;Without any federal support, without any work authorization, without changes to policy, we are going to have to make changes to what we can do in terms of our city budget, and what we can do in terms of support for newcomers who have arrived in the city,&#8221; Johnston <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/denver-mayor-cut-dmv-parks-rec-departments-city-deals-with-budget-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Johnston <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/denver-struggles-cope-40000-migrants-rcna135555" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the city would likely need $100 million over the course of this year to pay for migrant costs such as housing, school, and health care.
Aurora Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, who sponsored the resolution, said she views it as inhumane to bus migrants into her city.
“I don’t know if the Denver residents are OK with their rec centers being scaled back and shut down and their hours cut and the DMV shut down every other week now, but here in Aurora, we’re not shutting down our rec centers,” Jurinsky <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/02/27/aurora-council-sanctuary-bus-migrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We’re not doing any of that, and we don’t have a county budget to sustain it.”
Another member of Aurora&#8217;s city council, Crystal Murillo, opposed the resolution, saying she is concerned it is &#8220;spreading a narrative of fear that we are pitting groups of marginalized communities, people in need, against one another.&#8221;
Councilwoman Stephanie Hancock, who supported the resolution, said she and her fellow council members were elected to be a &#8220;good steward of your dollars.&#8221;

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