Eric Adams, Mayor of New York announced on Sunday that there is “no room” for migrants in the city, Adams' announcement came during one of his travels to the Mexican border city of El Paso in Texas.
Adams who is a Democrat leader is a huge critique of Joe Biden’s administration, while interacting with the US media he said, “Now is the time for the national government to do its job,” referring to the immigrant crisis in America’s southern border.
The issue has taken the center after busloads of migrants are being shipped to New York, by the Republican-run states, which happens to be the US’ most-populated city. This has worsened the housing crisis in the city.
Adams has claimed that this unmonitored rapid influx of migrants can cost the city as much as $2 billion and this comes at a time when New York is already facing a huge crunch of a major budget shortfall.
Rural New York Community faces an influx:
The residents belonging to a small New York Community called Jamestown, located in the western part of the city are witnessing an influx of illegal migrants which has caused a huge furor and is overwhelming the resources of the municipality there.
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At least 35 migrants have arrived in Jamestown and more are on their way. Chautauqua County Hispanic Community Council President Max Martin said, based on the reports, “The Colombians are already here and more are coming. What is the government going to do about it? They need housing and transportation or be allowed to work and get a driver’s license.”
Martin is of the view, that many migrants, “will have to work illegally to survive” and might be given face Social Security numbers and cards. “I worry they may be forced to turn to crime like selling drugs,” he further added.
The Republican senator from New York State George Borrello who represents Jamestown in conversation with the US media said, “If a city of 8 million people can be overwhelmed by a couple of thousand migrants, imagine what a couple hundred can do to overwhelm a small rural community upstate?” “It wouldn’t take many migrants to overwhelm the system,” he added further in his briefing.