NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he’ll open refugee-style CAMPS for influx of migrants
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has unveiled his solution to the influx of 13,000 migrants to the Big Apple who have nowhere to live — by opening two refugee-style subcamps for them.
The mayor unveiled the plans on Thursday, along with photos of the planned shelter sites, which resembled the kind of tent landscapes often seen in war zones.
One of the locations is in Orchard Beach, in the Bronx. The location of the second site has not been confirmed.
In a press release on Thursday, Adams called the plan a victory and proof that he understands his “moral duty” to the thousands of Venezuelan migrants currently arriving weekly in New York City.
The release didn’t provide any details on when the sites will open or, crucially, how many beds they will have.
Meanwhile, thousands of migrants continue to be sent each week from Texas and Florida, where Republican leaders say it is high time Democrats like Adams understood the true extent of the crisis.
In addition to the two migrant sites, Adams has awarded a $34 million contract to Bronx Family Network to set up beds for both migrants and homeless people in the same area.
That’s in addition to the 6,000 hotel rooms he has already outsourced to migrants in Manhattan.
Adams, who claims the new shelters will help solve the problem in New York, said in a press release on Thursday: “More than 100 years ago, Ellis Island opened its doors to welcome those who ‘crave to breathe free.’
An example of the kind of site NYC Eric Adams plans to open to accommodate the thousands of migrants who arrive every day. One is headed to the Bronx and a second location has yet to be confirmed. Adams claimed it was a moral victory. The tents contain rows of beds with thin-looking sheets in a flysheet, just as winter approaches
An aerial view of an example site. Claiming it as a moral victory, Adams said the issue should be treated as a humanitarian crisis
“Now more than ever, it is clear that we are dealing with a human-made humanitarian crisis.
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“While other leaders have abdicated their moral duty to support prospective asylum seekers, New York City is refusing to do so,” he said.
Photos from a sample site show cribs in rows in the flysheet.
Adams said they would stay there for a maximum of ’96’ hours, then be moved to the desired ‘settlement’ sites.
“This is not an everyday homelessness crisis, but a humanitarian crisis that requires a different approach.
Therefore, the humanitarian relief and reception centers will be the first point of contact for asylum seekers who will provide them with a range of services and support as families determine their next steps.
“This emergency response represents what we know must be done during this humanitarian crisis as we continue to seek help from our federal and state partners to continue this work.
“Like the generations that came to our city before, New York will give the thousands who now come to our city the foundation to build a better life,” Adams said.
The city bearing the brunt of the crisis is El Paso, a Texas border community of just 600,000 full-time residents that now hosts thousands of Venezuelans and other migrants every week.
Yesterday, locals who operated housing units and food banks in an open letter pleaded for help from the Biden administration.
They also added that contrary to Adams’ claim that it is inhumane to transport the migrants from Texas to New York, this is where almost all of them want to go.
“About 20% of them want to go to New York,” Barrow wrote in an open letter on Wednesday. “The city has chartered buses to New York to help those who want that destination.
“I’m not aware of anyone who was put on a bus to New York who didn’t want to go there,” Blake Barrow, the CEO of the El Paso Rescue Mission, said in an open letter.
Pictured: A bus carrying migrants arrived in New York City on Sunday, September 4.
Migrants arriving in New York City earlier this month. Republican mayors warn Democratic counterparts they will continue to send busloads of people until they denounce Biden’s border policies
He added that despite having the most hands-on experience with the people crossing the border, no Washington officials have contacted them to offer them assistance or seek their expertise.
“The immigration processing center became so overcrowded that the government started loading migrants onto buses and dropping them off in front of shelters. The rescue mission has received about 500 migrants.
“They are all from Venezuela. They need showers, good clothes and food.’
He added that the city urgently needs government assistance but is being ignored.
“The number of migrants we are getting to El Paso is so great that it is overwhelming the housing and support services the city can provide.
“Obviously we need a well-coordinated federal solution to this problem, but so far no one from Washington has asked for our opinion.”