"Sanctuary" City - find another city
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I would be curious to know how much federal aid Texas get for migration vs. new york.
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I would be curious to know how much federal aid Texas get for migration vs. new york.
@taiwan_girl said in "Sanctuary" City - find another city:
I would be curious to know how much federal aid Texas get for migration vs. new york.
Good question.
A related question that Mrs. George mentioned is what kind of facilities exist in Texas (and Arizona) for caring for these "migrants" vs New York.
Are they being put up in hotels (in New York) or police stations (in Chicago)? Who's paying for the housing and meals?
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@Jolly said in "Sanctuary" City - find another city:
NYC is getting what? 10,000/month?
I think their total is 35K.
@George-K said in "Sanctuary" City - find another city:
@Jolly said in "Sanctuary" City - find another city:
NYC is getting what? 10,000/month?
I think their total is 35K.
From the Beeb: Since April 2022, 110,000 migrants have come to New York, with 10,000 arriving a month,
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@George-K said in "Sanctuary" City - find another city:
@Jolly said in "Sanctuary" City - find another city:
NYC is getting what? 10,000/month?
I think their total is 35K.
From the Beeb: Since April 2022, 110,000 migrants have come to New York, with 10,000 arriving a month,
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Blue on Blue...
The mayor of Chicago slammed recent apocalyptic comments by New York Mayor Eric Adams about the large number of migrants arriving in his city.
Adams said the growing influx of migrants will “destroy” New York. But Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson took a far more compassionate approach, urging in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times that they should be welcomed.
“We are a city of big shoulders," Johnson said. "We’ve been through difficult moments and challenges before. And we’re going to get to the other side of this. I’m confident of that … I was elected to lead. This is not a challenge that will overwhelm us,” Johnson said.
Johnson underscored the importance of not abandoning incoming migrants without housing and work permits, which he warned risked triggering chaos.
“If we do not create an infrastructure where we’re able to support, and quite frankly, contain these individuals who have experienced a great deal of harm, individuals who are desperate – if we do not provide support for these individuals and these families, that type of desperation will lead to chaos," he said.
Johnson, clearly referring to the comments by Adams, said he would not “accept the notion that the city of Chicago is going to be destroyed … This is not a challenge that will overwhelm us.”
And this.
Johnson spoke to the newspaper after it was revealed he created plans to build heated tents for thousands of unhoused people in the city over the winter.
Tents, in Chicago. In winter. Heated or not, it ain't gonna be pretty.
Meanwhile
Let's GoBrandon has also moved them to O'Hare.As of a week ago, 1,576 migrants were living in Chicago police stations and another 418 were sleeping inside O’Hare International Airport, according to city data.
“We’ve identified multiple locations around the city that can be suitable to treat the families of individuals, who by law are seeking asylum constitutionally, legally, to have a place that recognizes their dignity,” Johnson said.
AldermenAlderpersons are unhappy, saying that the city is "full" and are resistant to suggesting 2-3 sites in each ward for the migrants to be housed. Showers will be provided.Lightfoot bussed a bunch of migrants to the Chicago suburbs a while ago - I believe they were put up in a hotel. I wonder if they're still there, after they (cough) checked in for their amnesty hearings.
Brandon is saying that Chicago taxpayers will have to sacrifice to accommodate all the migrants.
Projected expenditures were anticipated to hit $238.3 million by the end of this year but that number could reach $302 million when factoring in the new tent encampment sites, the sources said.
Meanwhile, Johnson did not rule out new or increased levies to pay for the services.
“So the sacrifices that will be required in this moment will be necessary from all of us, every single level of government,” Johnson said at an unrelated news conference Friday when asked about whether additional revenue will be needed.
“Look, I can tell you that the cost of inaction will be far more substantial,” he said. “The point here is: Police stations being used as landing zones, that’s what I inherited. And I’ve said that from the very beginning that this is not dignified. So my plan is to move, with expediency, families out of police stations into housing and shelter that’s more suitable.”
Does anyone see this getting any better?
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A top advisor to Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday called for the federal government to “close the borders” in order to prevent more migrants from coming to New York City.
“We need the federal government, the Congress members, the Senate and the president to do its job: close the borders,” Adams’ senior advisor Ingrid Lewis-Martin said during an interview on PIX11. “And until you close the borders, you need to come up with a full-on decompression strategy where you can take all of our migrants and move them throughout all of our 50 states.”
Lewis-Martin’s comments marked an escalation in the rhetoric from the mayor’s office surrounding the city's migrant crisis. City officials estimate more than 116,000 migrants — primarily asylum-seekers — have come to New York City since April 2022. Lewis-Martin said more than 61,000 migrants remain under the city’s care.
The call to “close the borders” resembled comments made by several right-wing members of Congress who threatened to shut down the federal government if strict border policies were not included in a new funding bill. The lawmakers called for the return of a "remain in Mexico policy" instituted under former President Donald Trump that kept asylum-seekers from entering the country until their cases were processed in court.
Somewhere I read that the Biden administration has let more people into New York than Abbott bussed in.
