New York City declares a state of emergency after an influx of immigrants

Since April, more than 17,000 immigrants have arrived in New York from the country’s southern border. The number of immigrants is expected to cost the city about 9.8 billion Swedish kronor, according to the BBC. According to the mayor, every fifth person in the city’s social protection system is an asylum seeker.

Now New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency to deal with the influx of immigrants.

New Yorkers are angry. I am angry too. We did not ask for this. Mayor Eric Adams said during a news conference on Friday, that no agreement had been reached to take on the task of supporting the thousands of asylum seekers.

According to him, “the city’s social services are exploited for the political gain of others.”

Republic countries Like Florida, Texas and Arizona have been sending immigrants to Democratic-controlled areas in recent months.

According to Republican officials in border states, this tactic is intended to mitigate the effects of immigrant flows. They also highlighted the shipments as a way to pressure the administration of President Joe Biden to do more to reduce the number of migrants crossing the southern border into the United States, according to the BBC.

The Democratic-controlled city of El Paso, Texas, has offered free transportation of nearly 9,000 immigrants to New York City and Chicago to reduce pressure on the city’s resources.

According to city officials, the transfer is voluntary.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s spokeswoman, Rina Eazy, dismissed the New York Mayor’s emergency declaration.

“The real emergency is on our nation’s southern frontier as smaller Texas border towns are being overrun and overwhelmed by hundreds of immigrants every day while the Biden administration dumps them into our communities,” Rina Eise said Friday.

The Governor of Texas began Already in April to send thousands of immigrants to Democratic-controlled cities such as New York, Washington and Chicago. In mid-September, he sent buses to Washington with immigrants He was lowered near the residence of Vice President Kamala Harris.

“We’re sending immigrants into her backyard to get the Biden administration to do its job and secure the border,” Abbott wrote on Twitter at the time.

The White House criticized the measure, calling it “cruel” and “shameful.”

White House Press Secretary Karen-Jean-Pierre said earlier that using immigrants as “political pawns” in the debate over illegal immigration is a “political gimmick”.

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