Funny how uber-Red sanctuary cities like NYC aren’t particularly interested in keeping all the illegals, er, asylum seekers, eh?
NYC plans to send new immigrants to Rockland, Orange. ‘We will not stand for it,’ Day says
Rockland County Executive Ed Day on Friday warned New York City Mayor Eric Adams not to bus migrants here, calling any plan to do so “absurd” and saying the county “will not stand for it.”
Adams’ office confirmed the city will temporarily house asylum seekers at hotels in Rockland and Orange counties due to the huge influx New York City has been struggling to manage. He said they were all single men, and said the placements were the start of a program that the city could expand.
Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny said Friday that Adams had called her that morning to tell her for the first time that the city was considering placing some of the asylum seekers in its care in a hotel in her town.
Day said the City of New York planned to house about 340 adult men in Armoni Inn and Suites in Orangeburg for four months with plans to secure them work permits to integrate into the community.
All men, eh? Does Adams think it’s equitable to dump them in the two counties, which are just north of NYC? Didn’t Adams say that other states didn’t have the authority to send the illegals to NYC? Why not send them to Martha’s Vineyard, the Hamptons, Scarsdale, etc.? Leave the middle class neighborhoods alone.
Day said the city plan included short-term funding and services for individuals, but with no details. No realistic plans had been communicated as to who will house, feed, and support these individuals in the long-term, Day said in a statement.
NYC can pay to put them up Somewhere Else, but, not in NYC?
Kenny said she was still awaiting answers about whether criminal background checks had been conducted on the visitors and other details, such as where they are from, how long they may stay and whether they are authorized to work.
And you won’t get those checks. How will the citizens of those counties enjoy the mayhem and crime that accompanies all the illegals, especially when they are all men?
In March, Day and U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, R-Pearl River, held a press conference warning that a wave of immigration to Rockland had strained the county Department of Social Services, particularly the foster care system; nonprofit food pantries; and the East Ramapo school district.
“Rockland County is not a sanctuary county, unlike New York City and its boroughs,” Lawler said Friday, “and should not bear the costs associated with the Biden administration’s abject failure on border security and immigration policy.”
Simply block the importation into those counties. Send them right back.
Cities have always been the important places for immigrants to live because of the jobs they offer. I would agree that high populations in rural border areas is not where they should be.
Our unemployment rate fell again to 3.4%. When the unemployment rate is that low it drives up wages causing inflation.
Should these immigrants be allowed/forced to work?
In 2017 the average length of time an undocumented immigrant has resided in the USA was 15 years