Adams – Telemundo New York (47)

NEW YORK – The more than 11,000 immigrants, mostly from Central and South America, whom New York has welcomed since last June, and who have been sent to the city’s reception centers, have endangered the system which, according to Mayor Eric Adams, “is reaching its breaking point.”

“This administration alone has safely and efficiently provided housing, healthcare, education and a host of other services to more than 11,000 people, mainly from Central and South America, seeking a better life,” the mayor recalled today. in a statement.

That effort, Adams added, required “and will continue to require the efforts of our entire team, and it has become a reality that no civil servant, lawyer or city court could ever contemplate.”

These migrants, seeking asylum in the United States, mostly Venezuelans fleeing the difficult political and economic situation in their country, were sent by the administration of the Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott.

Even the cities of Washington earlier and more recently Chicago, all Democratic like New York, welcomed emigrants from Texas, arriving on buses openly hired by the Abbott government without any coordination with these three cities.

“In this new and unexpected reality, where we expect thousands more to arrive every week in the future, the city system is reaching its breaking point,” said Adams, who has asked the federal government for financial help.

New York City had to rent rooms in 13 hotels to accommodate new arrivals, many with children.

New York has warned that this “unprecedented” flow will continue until at least November, when there is an election, in which Abbott calls for re-election.

The mayor, who has been leading the city since last January, assured that following what is happening in the city, the “previous practices” in the Big Apple must be re-evaluated – even if he did not go into details – but indicated that “they have never contemplating the transport of thousands of people “to New York, declared a” city of refuge “(a law provides that housing must be given to those without it).

Adams also indicated in the statement that he is aware that some may want to take advantage of these circumstances, he also made it clear that “we remain focused on supporting each of these individuals and families who need the help of our city.

On Tuesday, on a visit to the federal capital, the mayor argued that the federal government would lift the six-month requirement that an immigrant must wait for a work permit so that these newcomers can fill vacancies he believes. exist in the city and thus enter the workforce.

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