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A former New York City Police Department (NYPD) training academy is reportedly housing hundreds of new illegal immigrants seeking asylum in New York City after the number of temporary immigrant housing centers available in New York City has reportedly reached its limit. is used to
Migrants reportedly began moving into the facility early Friday morning. This comes days after Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott resumed sending buses of illegal immigrants to Democratic-run sanctuary cities, including the Big Apple.
“Hundreds of asylum seekers arrived in New York City last night, hundreds more the day before, thousands more the day before. Fabian Levy, a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams, told Fox News Digital Friday.
The former New York Police Department facility reportedly only provides temporary housing for asylum seekers, but according to the New York Post, it is located inside the building where immigrants are staying. Law enforcement sources have expressed concerns about safety as the firing range is still in use by some police officers.
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The mayor’s Immigration Affairs Commissioner Manuel Castro (C), himself a former illegal immigrant, welcomes arriving immigrants to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. (Luis C. Ribeiro)
When asked about what security measures will be in place once the academy is converted into a migrant shelter, an NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital: As this is a police facility, we have taken all necessary steps to ensure security at the location. ”
It’s unclear how long the immigrants will stay at the original academy, but they are expected to stay for at least a week as the city scrambles to accommodate the influx of immigrants.
Levy echoes Adams’ repeated calls for federal help to control the immigration crisis, claiming activists are “using city and state laws to lure them here with false promises.” bottom. city.
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“New York City alone opened 122 emergency shelters and eight large humanitarian relief centers last year. But now a network of activists is organizing the arrival of large numbers of asylum seekers in New York City. Using planes, buses and other forms of transportation, they are using city and state laws to lure them here with false promises,” the mayor’s office told Fox.
Levy also said that with the arrival of hundreds of new immigrants in New York City this week, New York City “has reached the limit of new shelters that can be opened. Currently, we are temporarily accommodating recent arrivals in gyms. There is no other choice.”
IMMIGRANTS MANHATTAN – NEW YORK – MAY 3, 2023 – Recently arrived immigrants are photographed in the processing area of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has reinstated a controversial initiative by his administration to charter entire buses and use them to transport newly arrived asylum seekers to Democratic-run cities, including New York. . (Photo by Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News via Getty Images) (Luis C. Ribeiro)
The new placement adds to New York City’s list of buildings, hotels, and facilities that will be turned into immigration camps to house illegal immigrants on a taxpayer’s dime.
Adams has repeatedly called the ongoing situation a “crisis”, blaming “the irresponsibility of the White House” and “the Republicans in Washington” for the nearly 60,000 illegal immigrants who recently moved to the city.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has asked the Biden administration for help in dealing with the influx of immigrants seeking refuge in his city. (Lev Laden)
“We’ve been asking for support for a year now,” Levy told Fox. Now more than ever, we need federal and state help to manage this crisis quickly.”
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The Big Apple alone is estimated to save $4.2 billion in immigration-related costs by the end of fiscal 2024 as it continues to seek help from the Biden administration, according to a New York City Office of Management and Budget memo.
