Thousands of migrants are bidding farewell to New York City for these states
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Thousands of migrants are bidding farewell to New York City for these states

Hindustan Times  

Tens of thousands of migrants are bidding farewell to New York City in pursuit of opportunities elsewhere. According to data from New York City Hall, Illinois emerges as the top destination for migrants leaving the city, with 2,369 plane tickets issued. Since August 2022, Texas has bused over 33,600 migrants to New York City, exacerbating the strain on resources. Here are the top 10: Illinois — 2,369 Elsewhere in New York — 2,261 Texas — 1,847 Florida — 1,189 Minnesota — 1,177 Colorado — 1,147 Georgia — 925 California — 823 Virginia — 664 Ohio — 615 Migrants, determined to reach New York City, bypass Mayor Adams' orders.

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Suburbs put the brakes on migrant bus arrivals after crackdowns in Chicago and New York
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Suburbs put the brakes on migrant bus arrivals after crackdowns in Chicago and New York

Associated Press  

TRENTON, N.J. — In Edison, New Jersey, the mayor warned he would send people back to the border if they came to his city in buses. Abbott’s administration also recently began chartering planes as Chicago and New York started cracking down on buses making unscheduled drop-offs, with fines and tickets. The city of Chicago said migrants on the Boeing 777 …

Migrant crisis: Hundreds of migrants dropped off in New Jersey, bypassing NYC order
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrant crisis: Hundreds of migrants dropped off in New Jersey, bypassing NYC order

CNN  

CNN — A migrant surge continues to overwhelm authorities at the US-Mexico border — and in US cities where many asylum-seekers are being sent. “From what we understand after being dropped at the train station the migrants then took trains to New York City,” Michael Gonnelli said. WABC New York City has received more than 14,700 new arrivals within the …

Migrants sent from Texas to Illinois taken to Chicago
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrants sent from Texas to Illinois taken to Chicago

CNN  

CNN — A plane with more than 350 asylum-seekers onboard arrived early Sunday morning at an airport near Chicago from Texas, according to officials, part of the state’s monthslong effort to send thousands of migrants to major cities around the country with little notice. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Sunday on X, formerly known as Twitter, “there was no communication …

New York City Sets Up Office to Give Migrants One-way Tickets Out of Town
1 year, 1 month ago

New York City Sets Up Office to Give Migrants One-way Tickets Out of Town

News 18  

New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its shelter system reaches capacity, setting up a dedicated office to provide asylum-seekers with free, one-way tickets to anywhere in the world. City Hall confirmed the establishment of a new “reticketing center” in Manhattan as its latest bid to ease pressure on its shelters and finances …

New York City sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town
1 year, 1 month ago

New York City sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its shelter system reaches capacity, setting up a dedicated office to provide asylum-seekers with free, one-way tickets to anywhere in the world. City Hall confirmed the establishment of a new “reticketing center” in Manhattan as its latest bid to ease pressure on its …

After sending busloads of migrants to NYC, Texas governor visits city to fault Biden for crisis
1 year, 2 months ago

After sending busloads of migrants to NYC, Texas governor visits city to fault Biden for crisis

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For more than a year, Texas Gov. Speaking in New York Wednesday, the Republican Abbott agreed it was “unsustainable,” but said he’s not the person most to blame. “The lead importer of migrants to New York is not Texas, it’s Joe Biden,” he said at a breakfast event held by the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank. …

New York City has taken in 95K migrants this YEAR - which is more than TWICE as many as LA, Miami, Houston since MAY
1 year, 3 months ago

New York City has taken in 95K migrants this YEAR - which is more than TWICE as many as LA, Miami, Houston since MAY

Daily Mail  

New York City has taken in at least 95,000 migrants so far in 2023, shocking new figures show, as the Big Apple continues to buckle under the strain of new arrivals. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pleaded for state and federal aid as it is estimated the migrant crisis will cost the city $12billion over the next three …

NYC Mayor Eric Adams WELCOMED migrants to the Big Apple and was 'proud to be a shelter state' as they arrived on buses in 2022 ... before begging Biden for aid and saying the crisis will destroy the c
1 year, 3 months ago

NYC Mayor Eric Adams WELCOMED migrants to the Big Apple and was 'proud to be a shelter state' as they arrived on buses in 2022 ... before begging Biden for aid and saying the crisis will destroy the c

Daily Mail  

New York City mayor Eric Adams issued a grave warning on Wednesday as he told the nation the city will be destroyed by the current migrant crisis - but the Democrat was singing from a very different song sheet only a year ago. In August 2022, NYC mayor Eric Adams welcome migrants welcomed asylum seekers bused in from Texas at …

Eric Adams says New York City's migrant crisis will DESTROY the Big Apple as he warns that 10,000 illegal asylum seekers arriving EVERY month will flood EACH of the five boroughs: 'The city we knew, w
1 year, 3 months ago

Eric Adams says New York City's migrant crisis will DESTROY the Big Apple as he warns that 10,000 illegal asylum seekers arriving EVERY month will flood EACH of the five boroughs: 'The city we knew, w

Daily Mail  

He admitted he doesn't see a solution - and slammed the lack of help from Joe Biden The former top cop's fury comes as over 110,000 refugees have flooded the city New York City Mayor Eric Adams has torn into the migrant crisis crippling the Big Apple - which he warned will 'destroy' the city without urgent action. New York …

NYC plans to house migrants on an island in the East River
1 year, 4 months ago

NYC plans to house migrants on an island in the East River

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan Monday to house as many as 2,000 migrants on an island in the East River where a migrant center was set up last year and then taken down weeks later. “We’re grateful to Governor Hochul and New York state for their partnership in opening this new humanitarian relief center …

‘Our Cup Has Runneth Over’: New York Says It Has No More Room for Migrants
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Our Cup Has Runneth Over’: New York Says It Has No More Room for Migrants

News 18  

New York’s mayor Eric Adams said New York City can house no more migrants earlier this week. A report by the news agency AFP said that over 90,000 migrants, mainly from Central and South America, arrived in New York City in April 2022. The officials said that around 106,000 people, including some 54,000 migrants, currently live in New York City’s …

‘No room for migrants’, New York Mayor Eric Adam says NYC is 'full capacity'
1 year, 5 months ago

‘No room for migrants’, New York Mayor Eric Adam says NYC is 'full capacity'

Hindustan Times  

‘Our cup has basically runneth over’, states New York City's Mayor Eric Adams after stating the city welcomed 90,000 migrants since April 2022. Travelers wait at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, U.S. "We stated several months ago that we have reached full capacity and that full capacity was verbalized, and now New York is just going …

Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of NYC find hostility
1 year, 7 months ago

Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of NYC find hostility

Associated Press  

NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Before he left Mauritania, the West African nation of his birth, Mohamed thought of New York as a place of “open arms,” a refuge for immigrants fleeing dire circumstances. “It’s better in New York City,” Mohamed said. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, says he will continue his efforts to disperse some of the more …

Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of New York City are met with hostility
1 year, 7 months ago

Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of New York City are met with hostility

LA Times  

Mohamed, 19, who fled political persecution in the African country of Mauritania, covers his face to protect his identity outside the Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, N.Y., before heading into town to look for work. “It’s better in New York City,” Mohamed said. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, says he will continue his efforts to disperse some of …

Shocking footage shows Chicago police station lobby filled with migrants amid border crisis
1 year, 7 months ago

Shocking footage shows Chicago police station lobby filled with migrants amid border crisis

Daily Mail  

Law enforcement officials in Chicago are having their duties impacted by the dozens of illegal migrants camped out in a police station New footage shows a Chicago police station filled with mattresses and dozens of illegal migrants, as the city struggles to house the hundreds of border crossers arriving there each day. Dozens and dozens of illegal migrants are sleeping …

Eric Adams calls for migrants to be sent to EVERY U.S. city
1 year, 7 months ago

Eric Adams calls for migrants to be sent to EVERY U.S. city

Daily Mail  

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has called for migrants to be sent to every major city in America as he continues to try and solve the Big Apple's overwhelming immigrant crisis. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has called for migrants to be sent to every major city in America as he continues to try and solve the Big …

County officials vow to fight NYC mayor’s migrant bus plan
1 year, 7 months ago

County officials vow to fight NYC mayor’s migrant bus plan

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Republican leaders of two suburban counties have declared states of emergency in an effort to block a plan by New York City’s Democratic mayor to use their communities to house hundreds of international migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. “We are not equipped to humanely assist these individuals,” said Rockland County Executive Ed Day, who over …

New York City mayor announces plan to transport willing migrants to locations outside the city ahead of expected surge
1 year, 7 months ago

New York City mayor announces plan to transport willing migrants to locations outside the city ahead of expected surge

CNN  

CNN — New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday the city will ship willing migrants to other neighboring New York communities ahead of a surge of migrants expected to arrive in the city following the expiration of Title 42 next week. Adams said the new program “will provide up to four months of temporary sheltering in nearby New York …

Adams wants FEMA to stop giving money to cities that use funds to send migrants to NYC
1 year, 7 months ago

Adams wants FEMA to stop giving money to cities that use funds to send migrants to NYC

CNN  

CNN — Mayor Eric Adams wants the Federal Emergency Management Agency to stop allocating money to cities that are using the funding to rent buses and send migrants to New York City, according to a city official. The mayor has been increasingly critical of the White House’s handling of the crisis and raised eyebrows recently when he declared at a …

NYC mayor visits Texas border, blasts feds’ migrant response
1 year, 11 months ago

NYC mayor visits Texas border, blasts feds’ migrant response

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — During a visit to the Texas border city of El Paso, New York Mayor Eric Adams offered up a blistering criticism of the federal government’s response to the influx of immigrants into U.S. cities, saying, “We need clear coordination.” He said Sunday that cities where immigrants are flowing to need help from the Federal Emergency Management …

Buses brought the border to New York City. Soon emergency tents will house hundreds of migrants
2 years, 2 months ago

Buses brought the border to New York City. Soon emergency tents will house hundreds of migrants

CNN  

CNN — The latest signs of the crisis New York is facing are massive white tents the city’s mayor says he never imagined he’d have to build. Adams says his city has risen to the occasion, and that New York remains committed to helping the many arriving migrants who’ve gotten caught in the cruelty of a man-made crisis. A system …

Mayor declares state of emergency for NYC over migrants
2 years, 2 months ago

Mayor declares state of emergency for NYC over migrants

Associated Press  

New York City’s mayor declared a state of emergency on Friday over the thousands of migrants being sent from southern border states since the spring, saying the demand being put on the city to provide housing and other assistance is “not sustainable.” “A city recovering from an ongoing global pandemic is being overwhelmed by a humanitarian crisis made by human …

NYC mayor declares emergency over migrant buses from Texas
2 years, 2 months ago

NYC mayor declares emergency over migrant buses from Texas

Al Jazeera  

Mayor Eric Adams says 17,000 asylum seekers have been bused into New York City since April, straining resources. The mayor of New York City has declared a state of emergency, saying an influx of asylum seekers being bussed into the city each day from the US state of Texas is creating a “humanitarian crisis”. Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, said …

Texas sends two buses of migrants to vice president’s residence in Washington
2 years, 3 months ago

Texas sends two buses of migrants to vice president’s residence in Washington

CNN  

CNN — Texas’ governor says his state intentionally sent two buses of migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in the nation’s capital – resulting in a Thursday morning arrival that surprised volunteers who said they weren’t prepared to receive them at that site. “We’re sending migrants to her backyard to call on the Biden Administration to do its job …

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