The mayor of New York restricts the arrival of new buses with migrants

The mayor of New York, Eric Adamsissued an executive order on Wednesday requiring all buses chartered with immigrants sent from other states to notify the city 32 hours in advance to ensure sufficient staffing and warned that failure to comply will be considered a misdemeanor, with the possibility of fines, legal action and even confiscation of vehicles.

The order limits the arrival of immigrants from June to Friday between 8:30 local time and 12:00 local time (13:30 GMT – 17:00 GMT), and buses must leave passengers in a specific place, unless that Office of Emergency Management of the city indicates otherwise, Adams said during a press conference with Chicago mayors, Brandon Johnson and from Denver, Mike Johnston.

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Mayor Johnston indicated that over a month ago they implemented an ordinance similar to that of New York while Denver is on track to do so.

Adams said the arrival of more than 150,000 immigrants since April 2022, of whom 68,000 are in city care, has created a fiscal crisis that will lead to the spending of $12 billion on immigrant services by mid-2025. These, which include shelter, food, early childhood education and other types of assistance, without the aid requested from the federal government having arrived.

In the spring of 2022, the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbottbegan sending buses with immigrants to cities with Democratic mayors, first washington and then to New York, to, according to the Republican, distribute the immigration burden that his state faces due to the policies of the President’s Administration Joe Biden.

It also sent immigrants to Boston (Massachusetts), for Denver (Colorado), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) It is The angels (California).

Others immigrants They came to New York on their own from several states that the city is required to shelter if they so request, due to a court order issued 42 years ago, which Mayor Adams asked to be overturned citing the financial crisis.

As there was no response from the court – the case is still under debate – and the flow of thousands of immigrants into the city continues, authorities were forced to convert hotels into shelters and erect tents.

Furthermore, the time for single people to look for a place to live was limited to 30 days and 60 days for families with children, which has been widely criticized, particularly due to the impact it will have on minors, according to defenders. immigrants.

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Adams also cut budgets for city agencies, to which today’s executive order was added.

The three mayors reiterated their criticism of the federal government for not providing them with the economic aid they requested and for not addressing an immigration problem that they believe is national, and should not be resolved exclusively by cities.

The announcement comes as a new caravan of migrants with thousands of people is on its way to the country’s southern border, and while the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenis located in Mexico discuss precisely the problem of irregular migration with the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Source: Elcomercio

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