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More than 150,000 immigrants arrived in the East Coast city in the past year and a half. Now, at the beginning of winter, it is reaching the limits of its capacity.
“Let me tell you, New Yorkers, I’ve never had a problem in my life where I didn’t see the end – but I don’t see the end here,” Democratic Mayor Eric Adams said weeks ago. “This issue will destroy New York City.” Adams is primarily alluding to the city’s lack of accommodation and financial resources to take care of the newcomers.
One of the reasons New York attracts so many people is the city’s legal obligation to provide overnight accommodations to anyone who requests it. Almost 70,000 of the migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, who come mainly from South and Central American countries such as Venezuela, have been housed by the city administration in city emergency shelters, where tens of thousands of homeless people were previously located.
Mayor Adams and New York State Governor Kathy Hochul blame US President Joe Biden’s administration for the lack of support. An emergency meeting in December was unsuccessful. “Help is not on the way,” Adams commented afterwards. Irregular immigration is also one of the dominant issues in the election campaign for the 2024 US presidential election. The Republicans, whose candidacy includes former President Donald Trump, are accusing Democratic President Biden of not taking tough enough action.
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