New York Mayor Eric Adams said the city can no longer tolerate the influx of more immigrants and criticized the approach of the administration of US President Joe Biden to this issue. The national government is doing its job “on the migrant crisis on America’s southern frontier.” . This is the first time a New York City mayor has visited a southern city to discuss the immigration crisis.
Notably, the Republican governors of Florida and Texas have moved thousands of U.S. asylum-seeking immigrants to cities run by Democratic governors, including New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., exacerbating New York’s housing crisis and the homeless. crisis in the city.
Adams’ visit to El Paso came after he said an influx of immigrants to New York City could cost the city up to $2 billion at a time when the city was already facing a massive budget deficit. US President Joe Biden reportedly visited El Paso last week, the first visit of its kind since taking office. Biden cited the need to expand legal pathways for organized immigration while reducing illegal immigration. The Biden administration has decided to issue an additional 30,000 residence permits per month to immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, countries that currently record the largest influx of illegal immigrants.
