President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> is allowing hundreds of thousands of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants</a> from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/venezuela" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venezuela</a> to stay and work in the U.S. as federal officials insist it would be unsafe for them to return home. 
The Venezuelans, who entered the U.S. illegally, can work and be shielded from deportation after the Department of Homeland Security amended the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program to allow individuals who crossed into America after March 2021 and before July 31, 2023, to be eligible for the benefits. According to CBS News, the number of Venezuelans who could become part of the program <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelan-migrants-thousands-legal-status-work-permits-u-s/#textWhile20others20without20legal20statusfrom20the20South20American20country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is around</a> 472,000. 
&#8220;Temporary protected status provides individuals already present in the United States with protection from removal when the conditions in their home country prevent their safe return,&#8221; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a Wednesday statement. &#8220;That is the situation that Venezuelans who arrived here on or before July 31 of this year find themselves in.&#8221;
DHS <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/09/20/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-new-actions-increase-border#:~:text=Temporary%20Protection%20for%20those%20Already%20in%20the%20US.&amp;text=TPS%20provides%20temporary%20protection%20from,authorization%20for%20eligible%20Venezuelan%20nationals." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the move to extend TPS would result in &#8220;approximately hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan nationals” being eligible for work authorization. 
The move was pushed for by New York City Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a>, who has frequently complained about the flood of foreign nationals arriving in his city.
&#8220;Our administration and our partners across the city have led the calls to &#8216;Let Them Work,&#8217; so I want to thank President Biden for hearing our entire coalition, including our hard-working congressional delegation, and taking this important step that will bring hope to the thousands of Venezuelan asylum seekers currently in our care who will now be immediately eligible for Temporary Protected Status,&#8221; Adams said. 
Illegal crossings at the southern border have remained high throughout the Biden administration and, in recent days, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-border-numbers-near-all-time-high" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approached record numbers</a>. 
From Friday until Monday, an average of 9,000 immigrants a day <a href="https://twitter.com/GriffJenkins/status/1704120360235405366" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> crossed the southern border. On Monday alone, more than 9,700 immigrants were <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1704123809610002919" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> caught or processed crossing the southern border illegally and through ports of entry.
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Videos from the border show streams of foreign nationals crossing into the U.S., with many coming in through Eagle Pass in Texas, where the Biden administration has <a href="https://twitter.com/gregabbott_tx/status/1704614936218149361?s=46&amp;t=XGiUuNPiSLBSXsXhdarMAQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">been accused</a> of cutting down razor wire put up by Texas to deter crossings.
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Large groups beginning to cross illegally again into Eagle Pass, TX this morning. <a href="https://t.co/WNtnDwZXtZ">pic.twitter.com/WNtnDwZXtZ</a>
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Biden <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/09/20/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-new-actions-increase-border#:~:text=Temporary%20Protection%20for%20those%20Already%20in%20the%20US.&amp;text=TPS%20provides%20temporary%20protection%20from,authorization%20for%20eligible%20Venezuelan%20nationals." target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Wednesday that an additional 800 National Guard troops would be sent to the southern border to help with “logistics and other functions at the border” as Customs and Border Protection struggle to deal with the influx.

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A group of New York Democrats are calling for a tax hike on the wealthy to help pay for New York&#8217;s migrant crisis.
The group of 20 New York Democrats, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-migrant-crisis-state-lawmakers-pitch-tax-hike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a statement on Monday blasting the government&#8217;s response to the migrant crisis and pitching a litany of measures that the city, state, and federal government can take to help.
Several of the <a href="https://twitter.com/JabariBrisport" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawmakers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliaCarmel__" target="_blank" rel="noopener">self-identify</a> as Democratic socialists.
One proposal the group put forth is to increase state taxes on the top 5% of New Yorkers and have that money go towards homeless and migrant services.
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Twenty legislators across New York, including myself, released a statement today regarding our city &amp; state&#39;s failed policy response to recent immigrants and asylum seekers: <a href="https://t.co/eysrA0J3AR">pic.twitter.com/eysrA0J3AR</a>
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&#8220;I would absolutely be over the moon if they call back a special session to raise taxes on the rich,&#8221; <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-migrant-crisis-state-lawmakers-pitch-tax-hike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> state Senator Jabari Brisport, who represents part of Brooklyn.
&#8220;New York is the most unequal state with the most billionaires in it, and they do not pay what they owe to the rest of us in New York,&#8221; Brisport said. &#8220;So raising their taxes to fund social services for all New Yorkers.&#8221;
The 20 Democrats also called for forcing New York&#8217;s counties to take in and house migrants by expanding the right-to-shelter mandate statewide.
At least four New York counties have issued executive orders blocking the new migrants from being placed in their communities. The counties are suing New York City for attempting to resettle migrants in their areas.
Yet another proposal from the group is to dip into New York&#8217;s economic uncertainties fund, which currently holds more than $13 billion.
New York City is struggling to metabolize <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/house-democrats-migrant-crisis-tour-interrupted-by-protesters-outside-roosevelt-hotel#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than</a> 113,000 migrants who have shown up in the city since last spring, nearly 60,000 of whom are still being housed on the city’s dime.
The city has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> more than $1.2 billion on the migrants and is projected to spend up to $5 billion.
“This issue will destroy New York City,” Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/11/esuh-s11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> this month. “We’re getting 10,000 migrants a month. … Every community in this city is going to be impacted.”
The situation has sparked tension between New York&#8217;s Democratic leaders and the Biden administration, with the governor and mayor calling for more federal help with the migrant crisis.
Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has since given New York City $140 million in federal funding to address the migrant crisis, but Adams has said it would take more aid to get the situation under control.
Migrants are also causing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">other headaches</a> for New York besides overcrowding the emergency shelter system — some have caused public disturbances. Meanwhile, business owners in Manhattan say their businesses suffer significantly due to the chaos spilling onto the streets from hotels used as migrant shelters. Migrants have been spotted drinking and using drugs inside the hotels as well.
Meanwhile, New Yorkers are getting more frustrated.
More than four in ten New York state residents — 41% — said they support a border wall spanning the entire length of the country’s southern border with Mexico, <a href="https://scri.siena.edu/2023/09/12/majorities-support-using-federal-properties-to-shelter-migrants-easier-work-authorizations-comprehensive-immigration-reform-oppose-border-wall-50-41/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a Siena College Poll released earlier this month.
Even in deep blue New York City, 38% of city dwellers said they would support a border wall, the poll found.

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A committee of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> Council is set to vote Tuesday on a proposal that could result in monuments to figures like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Washington</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-columbus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Columbus</a> being taken down. 
The proposal before the NYC Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations stipulates that public art that depicts someone who has a connection to slavery or “crimes against humanity” be taken down or have an “explanatory plaque” put up. 
“This bill would require the Public Design Commission (PDC) to publish a plan to remove works of art on City property that depict a person who owned enslaved persons or directly benefitted [sic] economically from slavery, or who participated in systemic crimes against indigenous peoples or other crimes against humanity. If PDC determines a work of art depicts a person who fits these criteria and decides not to remove the work of art, PDC would be required to include in the plan steps it will take to install an explanatory plaque next to the work of art,” the <a href="https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6252793&amp;GUID=8AE3AFA6-B96B-4AF2-AEBF-CF4870C824AE&amp;Options=&amp;Search=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposal</a> says. 
Republican officials said the proposal is an attempt to erase history and dishonor the individuals who created America. 
“This is little more than an attempt by the radical left to rewrite our nation’s history,” said Republican Councilwoman Joann Ariola of Queens, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/18/nyc-council-advances-bid-that-could-yank-monuments-honoring-washington-jefferson-columbus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post. “These men all had an enormous impact on this country, and these statues commemorating their achievements have been in place for decades.&#8221;
“The radical left has been trying to reframe our nation as one born from evil, and it is time we put our foot down and say enough is enough,” she said. “The Founding Fathers and the others who worked so hard to establish this great country should be celebrated, not eliminated from memory.”
There are multiple statues of Washington, the nation’s first president and military commander during the war for independence throughout the city, including one in front of <a href="https://www.nps.gov/feha/index.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Hall</a>, which served as the home to the nation’s first Congress, executive branch offices, and Supreme Court. There are also monuments to Washington in <a href="https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/union-square-park/monuments/1676" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Union Square Park</a> and a <a href="https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/lafayette-square/monuments/1650" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statue</a> of Washington and Frenchman Marquis de Lafayette who fought with the Americans during the American Revolution. 
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Columbus, attributed with first establishing a link between Europe and the Americas, also has several monuments throughout the city, including a prominent statue in Central Park. The explorer has been a major figure for the Italian-American community, which has held him up as a key tie between Italy and the U.S. 
Monuments to Dutch explorer and settler Peter Stuyvesant, Founding Father John Jay, and prominent early New York political figure and Erie Canal proponent DeWitt Clinton could also be on the chopping block.
New York City Officials have already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thomas-jefferson-statue-officially-booted-from-new-york-city-council-chamber" target="_blank" rel="noopener">removed a statue</a> of Declaration of Independence author Thomas Jefferson from the city council chambers and a statue of President Teddy Roosevelt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/problematic-theodore-roosevelt-statue-to-be-removed-from-nycs-museum-of-natural-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from in front</a> of the city’s Natural History Museum.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other New York Democrats were shouted down during a press conference on Friday while speaking to constituents about the flood of illegal aliens that have hit the streets of New York City.
&#8220;Close the border!&#8221; protesters shouted at the officials. &#8220;Close the border! Close the border!&#8221;
Other protesters became so aggressive in their confrontation with lawmakers that security personnel had to move them back.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HAPPENINGNOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HAPPENINGNOW</a> &quot;Send Them Back!&quot; and &quot;Close the Border!&quot; &#8211; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> press conference was disrupted by Anti-migrant protest outside ROOSEVELT HOTEL used as arrival center and housing for migrants arriving to NYC.
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&quot;Mayor Adams said that the city would be destroyed&quot; &#8211; Question asked during the gaggle with AOC outside Roosevelt Hotel hosting migrants, &quot;I have to run, thank you&quot; AOC responded.
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&#8220;Ultimately, I think there are three points of consensus here that are very important in getting a solution to this issue,&#8221; AOC said. &#8220;The first is that there is consensus here across geography and states on increasing federal resources to cities and municipalities dealing with this issue. The second is to allow for work authorizations so that the folks in here can get to work and start supporting themselves as soon as possible.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re prevented from getting jobs, they&#8217;re prevented from employment, and that is part of the strain on our public systems,&#8221; she added. &#8220;The faster that folks can access the work that they’re asking for, legally, the better we can solve.&#8221;
The New York Post spoke with some of the protesters after the event, including 59-year-old David Rem, who slammed the illegal aliens for cutting in line.
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&#8220;My wife’s children, Diego and Lina, have been waiting seven long years in Medellin, Colombia, to come to this country legally,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They have paid all the immigration fees and have been fingerprinted by the FBI. They have done everything right — they have been waiting and they haven’t broken federal law by crossing the border illegally, so why not them.&#8221;
&#8220;You know what’s going to happen, they’re going to say to my kids in a year from now ‘Diego and Lina, sorry but there’s no room for you, the country’s full’,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It’s a slap in the face to legal migration.&#8221;
He said that &#8220;99% of these illegal aliens asylum petitions are not true asylum petitions&#8221; and he asked President Joe Biden to close the border.
&#8220;It’s two years overdue,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If you keep rewarding people for breaking federal law by crossing the border and coming to New York illegally, it’s never going to stop.&#8221;

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As deep blue New York scrambles to metabolize the tens of thousands of illegal migrants who have flooded the state since last year, many residents say they want a southern border wall.
More than four in ten New York state residents — 41% — said they support a border wall spanning the entire length of the country&#8217;s southern border with Mexico, <a href="https://scri.siena.edu/2023/09/12/majorities-support-using-federal-properties-to-shelter-migrants-easier-work-authorizations-comprehensive-immigration-reform-oppose-border-wall-50-41/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a Siena College Poll released Tuesday.
Even in New York City, 38% of city dwellers said they support a border wall.
Half of New Yorkers said they would oppose a border wall spanning the length of the southern border, the poll found.
The border wall was a key project of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration, but President Biden later <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scrapped</a> efforts to complete the wall on his first day in office.
The illegal drug market and the economic consequences of welcoming so many illegal migrants were also issues addressed by the poll.
About 38% of New Yorkers said they believe the current migrants coming into the country are the source of much of the illegal drugs entering our country, the poll found.
Even more, 42%, said the migrants take more in resources than they return in economic activity or taxes.
About 31% said that many people trying to immigrate to the U.S. are &#8220;dangerous potentially criminal people,&#8221; according to the poll.
Meanwhile, about 35% said they believe many people trying to immigrate to the U.S. &#8220;just want free hand-outs from our government and people &#8230; and do not want to work.&#8221;
More than 110,000 migrants have arrived in New York City since last year, and 60,000 are still being housed on the city’s dime, causing officials to open additional homeless shelters.
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<div class="ad-wrapper">“This issue will destroy New York City,” Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/11/esuh-s11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a town hall meeting on Wednesday. “We’re getting 10,000 migrants a month … Every community in this city is going to be impacted.”</div>
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Over the weekend, Adams announced budget cuts to the tune of billions of dollars due to the migrant crisis. All city agencies will be forced to reduce spending by 5% <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-adams-orders-billions-in-budget-cuts-escalating-call-for-federal-and-state-migrant-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">starting</a> in November and 15% by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/09/nyc-eric-adams-migrant-crisis-00114879" target="_blank" rel="noopener">next spring</a>.
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The city has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> more than $1.2 billion on the migrants and is projected to spend up to $5 billion.
Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has since given New York City $140 million in federal funding to address the migrant crisis, but Adams has said it would take more aid to get the situation under control.
Migrants are also causing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space">other headaches</a> for New York besides overcrowding the emergency shelter system — some have caused public disturbances. Meanwhile, business owners in Manhattan say their businesses suffer significantly due to the chaos spilling onto the streets from hotels used as migrant shelters. Migrants have been spotted drinking and using drugs inside the hotels as well.
The Siena College Poll surveyed 800 New York state residents last week. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> suggested on Tuesday that it has been a while since he spoke with President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> despite the Big Apple struggling to grapple with a growing influx of migrants.
Adams, a Democrat, told a <a href="https://abc7ny.com/eric-adams-new-york-city-mayor-eyewitness-news-mornings-at-10-migrants/13772316/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local ABC affiliate</a> that he has not communicated with Biden &#8220;since earlier this year.&#8221; He did not indicate a specific time, but Adams <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/10/eric-adams-joe-biden-migrant-crisis-00110634" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CNN</a> last month that he had not spoken to Biden since 2022.
During the new interview, the mayor added that he did speak with White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients on Monday and shared his &#8220;thoughts and ideas and the economic impact&#8221; of the migrant situation.
Adams declared last week that the cost of dealing with more than <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/600-23/mayor-adams-new-york-city-has-cared-more-100-000-asylum-seekers-since-last-spring" target="_blank" rel="noopener">110,000 asylum seekers</a> would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-adams-on-illegal-aliens-pouring-in-the-city-we-knew-were-about-to-lose" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;destroy&#8221;</a> New York City and then announced &#8220;steps&#8221; to stabilize his city&#8217;s finances — including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-announces-billions-in-budget-cuts-and-slashes-to-nypd-to-deal-with-migrant-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">budget cuts</a> that could affect public schools, police, firefighters, and sanitation.
&#8220;Today, with approximately 10,000 asylum seekers still arriving each month, the city estimates this mounting crisis will cost taxpayers $12 billion over three fiscal years — an amount that will continue to grow without federal and state intervention and support,&#8221; Adams said in remarks over the weekend.
New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/08/30/hochul-to-meet-with-white-house-to-discuss-migrant-influx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Spectrum News</a> late last month that the White House has committed to &#8220;surge resources&#8221; and to send Homeland Security Department officials to Manhattan to help contend with the migrants.
The White House recently <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/us/politics/migrant-work-permits.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Biden administration has made a request to Congress for $600 million in additional funds for the Shelter and Services Program to help localities take care of migrants, which could give a boost to the roughly $140 million in federal funding already provided to New York City, and it seeks $800 million for next year, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/us/politics/migrant-work-permits.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The New York Times</a>.
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Federal officials have also <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/us/politics/migrant-work-permits.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly sent out messages</a> to migrants urging eligible individuals to apply for work permits.
&#8220;We are working very closely with the city of New York,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Homeland Security</a> Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> said in an interview with CNN on Monday. &#8220;We sent an assessment team here that devised approximately 25 recommendations. We are executing on those recommendations. We will address this together.&#8221;
Still, some high-profile figures in New York politics say the Biden administration has not done enough. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg penned a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/opinion/michael-bloomberg-nyc-immigration-crisis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times guest essay</a> warning that Democrats will suffer at the ballot box in 2024 if more is not done to address the migrant crisis.
Adams met with Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday as she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-gets-hammered-for-claiming-he-was-at-ground-zero-the-day-after-9-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">visited</a> New York City to mark the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, but the mayor said they only engaged in &#8220;small talk&#8221; at the memorial site, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/11/mayor-adams-grimace-as-veep-harris-chats-with-gov-says-it-all-about-tensions-over-migrants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the New York Post</a>.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams

NYC Mayor Signals Break In Direct Communications With Biden As Migrant Crisis Escalates

After New York City mayor Eric Adams lashed out at Texas GOP governor Greg Abbott, calling him a “madman,” Abbott fired back, declaring that Adams “could not last a week in Texas.”
Last week Adams, complaining about the influx of illegal immigrants into New York City, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/07/nyc-mayor-adams-says-migrant-crisis-will-destroy-the-city-during-town-hall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told a townhall</a>, “Go item for item on what Eric Adams ran for as a candidate and look at what we accomplished in 20 months: We turned this city around in 20 months, and then what happened? Started with a madman down in Texas who decided he wanted to bus people up to New York City.”
“When I first heard that, I thought about Frank Sinatra singing ‘New York, New York’ when he sang ‘If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere,” Abbott — who has bused thousands of illegal immigrants to New York City — <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/1701397197948952913" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fired back</a>. “Well, the mayor may have made it to be mayor of New York, but he could not last a week in Texas.”
“They have so few migrants in New York compared to what we deal with every single day; it’s just outrageous he would make a comment like that,” Abbott said. “However, I’ve got to add this: What’s maddening is the fact that in New York and Chicago and DC and LA and other places, they put out policies self-proclaiming that they’re ‘sanctuary cities,’ and they love to promote these liberal ideologies until they have to actually live up and apply them. It’s clear that  policies of ‘sanctuary cities’ and letting everybody live for free simply do not work. This is a day of reckoning for all of the United States realizing that the liberal policies of open borders will not work in this country.”
Commenting on quotes from Democrats from roughly a decade ago saying they were going to use the growing number of Hispanics in the state to turn the state blue, Abbott stated, “They did say that about ten years ago; it kind of began after I beat Wendy Davis for governor in 2014. They kept saying the expanding Hispanic demographics were going to change Texas and turn it blue. Today &#8230; there are more Hispanics in Texas then there are Anglos, and yet I beat Beto (O&#8217;Rourke) by double digits despite the fact that he raised about $150 million.”
“The Hispanics in Texas, they don’t agree with the leftist woke agenda and progressive ideas,” he said. “They firmly reject that. In fact, Hispanics in Texas do not like Biden’s open border policies. Texas will continue to get even more red because (of) the reckless liberal progressive policies.”

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‘Could Not Last A Week In Texas’: Abbott Fires Back After Adams Calls Him ‘Madman’

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> faced a wave of backlash on social media after he claimed to have visited <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Ground Zero in New York City</a> one day after the terrorist attacks on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/9-11">September 11, 2001</a>.
In delivering remarks to U.S. troops in Alaska on the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, Biden stressed the phrase &#8220;never forget&#8221; and before speaking of lives being taken too soon when &#8220;evil&#8221; attacked. He then brought up New York City, where hijackers crashed planes into the towers of the World Trade Center, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-new-911-victims-identified-medical-examiner-vows/story?id=103032291">killing more than 2,700 people</a>.
&#8220;Ground Zero in New York, I remember standing there the next day and looking at the building. And I felt like I was looking through the gates of hell&#8221; because it &#8220;looked so devastating &#8230; from where you could stand,&#8221; Biden said.
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“I join you on this solemn day to renew our sacred vow, ‘never forget.’ … I remember standing [at Ground Zero] the next day and looking at the building. I felt like I was looking through the gates of hell.”
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But, as many users on X pointed out as clips of his comments went viral, Biden was not at Ground Zero the day after the terror attacks but was in Washington, D.C., speaking out as a U.S. Senator.
&#8220;This is a lie! [Biden] WAS NOT at Ground Zero on September 12, 2001,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/BernardKerik/status/1701353965768597629">exclaimed</a> former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
&#8220;Joe Biden just completely lied about being at Ground Zero the day after 9/11. He was in DC. The Senate convened on 9/12/01 to condemn the attack,&#8221; said <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1701344932684808307">Greg Price</a>, a conservative communications pro.
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Joe Biden today: &quot;Ground Zero in New York — I remember standing there the next day (Sept. 12) and looking at the building. I felt like I was looking through the gates of hell.&quot; 
Joe Biden was in Washington, DC on September 12, 2001:<a href="https://t.co/nHycmnTomp">pic.twitter.com/nHycmnTomp</a>
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&#8220;I can’t remember Biden being at Ground Zero on September 12,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1701341988757389794">said</a> New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, a journalist known for her coverage of the various Hunter Biden scandals.
&#8220;Biden claims he visited Ground Zero on 9/12/01 to view the wreckage. He was actually in Washington the whole time. On 9/12/01, the Senate convened at 1:45pm to condemn the attacks. Later that night, Biden did a TV hit **from Washington**,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/SonofHas/status/1701345472051368384">said</a> Townhall contributor John Hasson.
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Biden claims he visited Ground Zero on 9/12/01 to view the wreckage. 
He was actually in Washington the whole time. 
On 9/12/01, the Senate convened at 1:45pm to condemn the attacks. Later that night, Biden did a TV hit **from Washington** <a href="https://t.co/DhNmp8kNxf">pic.twitter.com/DhNmp8kNxf</a>
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&#8220;Did he just poach this memory and description from Hillary Clinton, who actually was there on 9/12/01? Or was he referring to his memory from a week later — the timeline of which he’s misremembered/repackaged for greater emphasis?&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1701353637081911343">asked</a> Fox News contributor Guy Benson.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) simply <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1701352912335536613">responded</a> with &#8220;Um….,&#8221; while former Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottWalker/status/1701347210133176829">said</a> Biden &#8220;even lies about 9/11. He is a disgrace.&#8221;
Biden made the stop in Alaska upon returning from a trip to India for a G-20 summit and Vietnam. His vice president, Kamala Harris, visited Ground Zero in Biden&#8217;s stead on Monday.
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy reported that after he asked the White House why Biden did not go to any of the 9/11 attack sites, he received an &#8220;analogy&#8221; stating that U.S. presidents were not visiting Hawaii anymore to mark Japan&#8217;s military attacked Pearl Harbor during World War II after 22 years — yet another explanation that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wh-blows-off-critics-after-biden-skips-9-11-memorials-presidents-werent-going-to-pearl-harbor-after-22-years">does not hold up to scrutiny</a>.

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After <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New York City</a> Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams">Eric Adams</a> bemoaned the arrival of roughly 10,000 asylum seekers to the Big Apple each month, a journalist shot back with statistics that indicate how that number compares to what officials see at the U.S. border with Mexico.
Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shared on Monday a post to X from John Modlin, chief patrol agent of the Tucson Sector, saying that last week there were <a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChiefTCA/status/1700256540568010920">10,700 apprehensions</a>, 526 rescues, nine human smuggling events, five narcotics events, and five firearms seized.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams says NYC cannot handle 10,000 migrants per month. Border Patrol&#39;s Tucson, AZ sector just had almost 11,000 in one *week*. And that&#39;s just one of nine sectors along the southern border. Sanctuary cities get a tiny fraction of what&#39;s coming across border. <a href="https://t.co/YXaTbZT8b7">https://t.co/YXaTbZT8b7</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1701255025329414146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;NYC Mayor Eric Adams says NYC cannot handle 10,000 migrants per month,&#8221; Melugin said. &#8220;Border Patrol&#8217;s Tucson, AZ sector just had almost 11,000 in one *week*. And that&#8217;s just one of nine sectors along the southern border. Sanctuary cities get a tiny fraction of what&#8217;s coming across border.&#8221;
Melugin&#8217;s post attracted the attention of X owner Elon Musk, who responded, &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1701340151115309372">Wow</a>,&#8221; and other commenters, some of whom called for more migrants to be sent to New York or for the border to be shut down.
Adams, a Democrat, announced over the weekend &#8220;steps&#8221; to stabilize his city&#8217;s finances to contend with the cost of taking care of more than 110,000 migrants.
&#8220;Today, with approximately 10,000 asylum seekers still arriving each month, the city estimates this mounting crisis will cost taxpayers $12 billion over three fiscal years — an amount that will continue to grow without federal and state intervention and support,&#8221; Adams said.
In remarks last week, Adams said the migrant surge could &#8220;destroy&#8221; New York City and he took an apparent swipe at Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1699809602643140713">while chastising red states</a> for busing migrants to blue cities in an effort to alleviate their border communities and challenge &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; policies.
&#8220;We turned this city around in 20 months and then what happened?&#8221; Adams <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1699809602643140713">said</a>, alluding to his city dealing with the COVID pandemic. &#8220;It started with a madman down in Texas who decided he wanted to bus people up to New York City: 110,000 migrants we have to feed, clothe, house, educate the children, wash their laundry sheets, give them everything they need — healthcare.&#8221;
Modlin, during a congressional hearing earlier this year, <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?525780-1/chief-patrol-agents-testify-us-southern-border">told lawmakers</a> that he needed more personnel at the border. &#8220;I certainly know I do not have enough agents within Tucson sector to deal with the flow that we’re dealing with now,&#8221; he said.
In a CNN interview on Monday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security">Homeland Security</a> Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> lamented how officials are dealing with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/broken-system-mayorkas-responds-to-nyc-mayors-siren-about-migrant-crisis">&#8220;broken immigration system,&#8221;</a> but insisted that the Biden administration has &#8220;responded with a model approach that has proven to work.&#8221;

After NYC Mayor Complains Of Migrant Wave, Reporter Calls Him Out With Stats

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New York City Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams">Eric Adams</a> on Saturday announced budget cuts to the tune of billions of dollars due to rising costs associated with the tens of thousands of migrants flooding into the city.
All city agencies will be forced to cut spending by 5% <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-adams-orders-billions-in-budget-cuts-escalating-call-for-federal-and-state-migrant-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">starting</a> in November and 15% by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/09/nyc-eric-adams-migrant-crisis-00114879" target="_blank" rel="noopener">next spring</a>. The budget cuts will not require layoffs, but they will reportedly involve a hiring freeze.
Altogether, the budget cuts — some of the steepest in years — will amount to billions of dollars that could affect a wide swath of sectors like New York&#8217;s public schools, the NYPD, the fire department, sanitation, the mayor’s office said.
New York City currently has a $107 billion budget.
“The simple truth is that longtime New Yorkers and asylum-seekers will feel these potential cuts — and they will hurt,” Adams <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/09/nyc-eric-adams-migrant-crisis-00114879" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a speech Saturday. “New Yorkers are angry and frustrated, and they’re right to be. I am too.”
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NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCMayor</a> says “everything is on the table,” when discussing the newly announced cuts. Hear more <a href="https://t.co/wIi25GqTt6">pic.twitter.com/wIi25GqTt6</a>
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More than 110,000 migrants have arrived in New York City since last year, and 60,000 are still being housed on the city&#8217;s dime, causing New York’s homeless shelters to burst at the seams.
The city has already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> more than $1.2 billion on the migrants and is projected to spend up to $5 billion.
&#8220;Everything is on the table now,&#8221; Adams <a href="https://twitter.com/DanMannarino/status/1700868457691005261" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Pix11 about the budget cuts, adding that New York has been &#8220;ignored&#8221; on the migrant issue.
Adams warned about the impending budget cuts last week, saying the city has a $10 billion deficit and that they will have to cut every service in the city.
He also issued a dire warning about the migrant crisis.
&#8220;This issue will destroy New York City,&#8221; Adams <a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/11/esuh-s11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a town hall meeting on Wednesday. &#8220;We&#8217;re getting 10,000 migrants a month &#8230; Every community in this city is going to be impacted.&#8221;
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WATCH: NY Mayor Adams issues DIRE warning on migrant crisis:
“This issue will destroy New York City… every community in this city is going to be impacted” 
“The city we knew, we’re about to lose”
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As the migrant crisis has become more urgent, Adams has blamed everyone from Texas, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/nyregion/adams-biden-migrants.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a>, and New York’s state <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/11/adams-opens-two-new-emergency-relief-centers-as-migrants-surpass-54k/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government</a> for sticking the city with the emergency.
“The president and the White House have failed New York City on this issue,” Adams <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/nyregion/adams-biden-migrants.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in April, mentioning President Biden by name.
Biden&#8217;s Department of Homeland Security has since given New York City $140 million in federal funding for the migrant crisis, but Adams has said it will take more aid to get the situation under control.
&#8220;No city should be going through this, including El Paso and Brownsville,&#8221; Adams <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/eric-adams-migrants-new-york-city-mayor-rcna104180" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on MSNBC, referring to two Texas cities that have similarly been flooded with large numbers of migrants.
Migrants are also causing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space">other headaches</a> for New York besides overcrowding the emergency shelter system — some have caused public disturbances. Meanwhile, business owners in Manhattan say their businesses are suffering significantly due to the chaos spilling onto the streets from hotels being used as migrant shelters. Migrants have been spotted drinking and doing drugs inside the hotels as well.
Other Democrat-run major cities are also dealing with a flood of migrants as southern border states get fed up with dealing the illegal immigration crisis on their own.
The Biden administration has given Illinois and Chicago $45 million in federal funding so far to help with the influx of migrants in that area.

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NYC Mayor Announces Billions In Budget Cuts — And Slashes To NYPD — To Deal With Migrant Crisis

Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. So much has been written about this horrific day it is difficult to reflect upon it without merely repeating what others have already said. But sometimes repetition is necessary. 
As the chasm of time between that morning and today grows inexorably wider, we run a very real risk of falling into a somnambulant sense of security. But if 9/11 taught us one thing, it is that events so significant as to send a hyper-power spinning off its axis tend to occur on the most ordinary of days. 
I used to work on the 55th floor of Two World Trade Center. I can still recall the magnificent views of all Manhattan below us, while Tower One, like a twin sentinel, seemed so close you could reach out and touch it. You really felt like you were working in the epicenter of the world’s economic engine up there. And, in a way, you were. I was fortunate, as it turned out, to accept a job across the Hudson in Jersey City before the attacks. And so, my colleagues and I watched from the high floor of a skyscraper on the west bank of the Hudson as the second aircraft, a UAL 767, hurling at eye-level with the throttle wide open, slammed into the second tower. 
We soon evacuated our own building and made our way outside to the pier along the river and watched as the hell unfolded. The surreal moment was made all the more so by the clear azure sky that belied the sinister events unfolding beneath it. When the buildings came down, and those on the dock shrieked, cried, and gasped a collective “No!”, a co-worker said quietly, “My brothers are up there.” They both died. Our former house attorney who’d just a few months before excitedly accepted a job at Cantor-Fitzgerald, and had been trapped at the top of Tower One, was also dead. As were eight people from my small commuter town. 
We feared for the life of my brother-in-law, a New York firefighter, but fortunately he was spared — 348 of his fellow FDNY brothers were not. One can only imagine the PTSD he endured as he donned his dress blues to attend funeral after funeral. These surviving firefighters should be considered war veterans.
My memories are fading now, and that is a healthy thing. One cannot dwell on terrible events. But at the same time, a nation can, and should, learn from them. And I think 9/11 should prompt us to reflect on some things about our country. Some are sublime, others not so much.
The first is to never underestimate the capacity of the American spirit to overcome daunting situations and engage in acts of self-sacrifice for the greater good. The passengers aboard flight 93 knew quite well they were going to their collective doom when they stormed the cockpit and sent the jetliner nose-down into a Pennsylvania field, far from its intended target. “Let’s roll!” are two words more powerful than any rambling manifesto Osama Bin Laden might have read while he, by revealing contrast, cowered in an Afghani cave. 
As Scripture tells us, self-sacrifice is the greatest act of love. So long as the nation produces such ordinary citizens who, when needed, act with extraordinary courage and concern for others, the nation will endure. So in this sense 9/11 reaffirmed our belief in Americans, even as we sometimes doubt America itself.
But 9/11 also imparted more disquieting lessons and that is our national leaders’ capacity for self-delusion. During his State of the Union address in 2002, George W. Bush famously asked, “Why do they hate us? … They hate a democratically elected government … they hate our freedoms … our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech.”
That was partly true. But this hatred of the generic infidel on the other side of the world was not enough to prompt Bin Laden and his suicidal minions to plan and carry out so intricate an operation. Sometimes it is best to learn from the source what their issues are. In Bin Laden’s case, he was very clear: He resented the presence of the U.S. military on what he considered sacred Saudi and Somali soil. Right or wrong, he saw it as a foreign occupation by non-believers. 
America’s continued military presence in the region came courtesy of an earlier struggle against Saddam Hussein, one that was, in the end, about keeping the world’s oil supply safe. An oil supply that would not have mattered nearly as much had we not been so dependent on it. If anything, the horrible events of 9/11 should have driven home the need for energy independence.
We also learned the hard truth that many in the world do hate us. Much of it, however, has to do with envy — millions of people do not risk death by crossing our border because America is an undesirable place to live. There’s also the common psychological reaction to power; no one ever roots for Goliath. 
In some ways, 9/11 was the culmination of decades of U.S. foreign policy. The global goodwill justifiably earned by American fighting forces during WWII has slowly soured. Indeed, the US has been in a state of perpetual war with one enemy or another since 1950. And in some instances — because of poor decision-making in DC rather than the admirable efforts of our troops in the field — we have left places in worse condition than we found them, along with the unintended consequences of turning those who were once indifferent to the US into enemies. Thus, we need to be circumspect in how we exercise our awesome power. 
To coin a phrase by the CIA, not me, 9/11 was “blow-back.” And if we continue along a path that cares most for what best suits the military-industrial complex — as former president and five-star general Eisenhower warned us — 9/11 will not be the last such event. In a time in which thousands of nukes are live across the world, we need to seriously examine the question, “Why do they hate us”? And, as important, listen to the answers. The reason nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11 is because the perpetrators did not have the capacity to kill three million. Will that always be the case? It’s a question worth asking.
If this in any way sounds like a justification for the events that occurred 22 years ago, then you completely miss the point. Because what ultimately matters is do others justify it? And if so, then how do we make them no longer see the US in such a light? Given the fact that we are at it again, spending billions to prop up a losing campaign in a far off land against an old foe (one with a lot of nukes), I wonder if this less appealing moral of 9/11 will ever be absorbed. If not, then we are in for more down the road. Remember, no one who woke up that peaceful morning and breathed the clear, crisp late summer air could have imagined how the world would have changed by sundown. It happens that fast.
The United States has both the blessing and curse of historically unprecedented power. It must therefore be used wisely, deployed sparingly, and with the understanding that actions will have consequences if we are not careful. Even if those consequences are cowardly acts of mass murder, so long as cowardly mass murderers exist, so too does the danger. 
Fortunately, we have a counterweight here to the fools who are running this nation into the ground. That is called the spirit of the everyday American. A spirit we watched in real-time through countless acts of heroism and self-sacrifice on that otherwise terrible morning. We saw it in passengers taking down their own plane to save the lives of others. We saw it in New York firefighters making their way up the smoke-clogged stairwells into danger and what many knew would be their last mission, while injured and bewildered citizens were headed down the other way to safety. We saw it in how Americans, Left and Right, set aside their differences to join hands and express to the world with one voice: We Are Americans. We are a nation of good people.
Yet we still have the capacity, when pushed, to respond to such brazen affronts with a single-minded fury that Yamamoto understood sixty years earlier, while orchestrating another surprise attack on our nation. We are still a &#8220;sleeping giant,&#8221; not to be trifled with. Indeed, once we get rolling the only enemy who can defeat us is ourselves. And that, perhaps, is a lesson for the rest of the world to ponder.
Brad Schaeffer is a commodities trader, columnist, and author. His newest book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=brad+schaeffer+life+in+the+pits&amp;i=digital-text&amp;crid=24BKO06ZN7042&amp;sprefix=Life+In+The+Pits+%2Cdigital-text%2C103&amp;ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_17">LIFE IN THE PITS: My Time As A Trader On The Rough-And-Tumble Exchange Floors </a>comes out in December. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security">Homeland Security</a> Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> complained on Monday of a &#8220;broken immigration system&#8221; when asked to respond to a warning from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New York City</a> Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams">Eric Adams</a> about the migrant crisis.
CNN showed Mayorkas a clip of Adams, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-adams-on-illegal-aliens-pouring-in-the-city-we-knew-were-about-to-lose">saying last week</a> that the cost of dealing with more than <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/600-23/mayor-adams-new-york-city-has-cared-more-100-000-asylum-seekers-since-last-spring">110,000 asylum seekers</a> in New York City would &#8220;destroy&#8221; the Big Apple — an issue exacerbated by red states <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1699809602643140713">busing migrants</a> to blue cities in an effort to alleviate their border communities and challenge &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; policies.
&#8220;First and foremost, we&#8217;re dealing with a broken immigration system — a fact about which everyone agrees. It is one of the rare things about which there&#8217;s unanimity of views. And we need Congress to act, number one,&#8221; <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ctmo/date/2023-09-11/segment/04">Mayorkas said</a>.
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DHS Secretary Responds To NYC Mayor&#39;s Pleas For Assistance From The Federal Government on Illegal Migration
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&#8220;Number two, within that broken immigration system we are challenged by an unprecedented level of displacement in the western hemisphere of historic proportions,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;We have responded with a model approach that has proven to work, which is to build lawful pathways for individuals to arrive in a safe and orderly way and to deliver consequences for those who don&#8217;t meet them,&#8221; Mayorkas said.
Citing the costs of New York City taking care of migrants — $12 billion over the next three fiscal years — Adams <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUsAPUdCLkg">announced</a> over the weekend that he seeks cuts to balance the budget in accordance with law.
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The mayor said his plan was a &#8220;direct result&#8221; of the &#8220;inaction&#8221; in Washington and New York&#8217;s state government, but Adams insisted they could still alleviate the situation by &#8220;paying their fair share and coming up with a decompression strategy that reduces the pressure on New York City so we are not forced to manage this crisis almost entirely on our own.&#8221;
New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/08/30/hochul-to-meet-with-white-house-to-discuss-migrant-influx">told Spectrum News</a> late last month that the White House has committed to &#8220;surge resources&#8221; and send Homeland Security Department officials to Manhattan to help contend with the migrants. In addition, the White House said the Biden administration has made a request to Congress for <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/30/readout-of-white-house-meeting-with-governor-hochul/">$600 million in additional funds</a> for the Shelter and Services Program and federal officials have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/us/politics/migrant-work-permits.html">reportedly sent out messages</a> to migrants urging eligible individuals to apply for work permits.
&#8220;We are working very closely with the city of New York,&#8221; Mayorkas said during his appearance on CNN. &#8220;We sent an assessment team here that devised approximately 25 recommendations. We are executing on those recommendations. We will address this together.&#8221;

‘Broken’ System: Mayorkas Responds To NYC Mayor’s Siren About Migrant Crisis

'Broken' System: Mayorkas Responds To NYC Mayor's Siren About Migrant Crisis

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