The amount of money that New York City is spending per illegal immigrant per day is stunning. The word ‘unsustainable’ has been thrown around since the beginning of this crisis, but it’s absolutely appropriate.
In fact, this is beyond unsustainable. It’s obscene.
The Washington Examiner reports:
New York City spends $387 per migrant per day to provide shelter and foodNew York City is spending about $387 per day per migrant to provide food and shelter to the 64,800 migrants in the city, according to data from NYC City Hall.February’s number is down $5 from an October count when the city was housing 65,400 migrants. That number peaked in November, hitting $391 per day per migrant. These numbers do not reflect the cost of other services like medical care and education.“In the last two months, Mayor Adams has laid out plans to save billions of taxpayer dollars as New York City manages a national humanitarian crisis, and the numbers show that our efforts are working,” a City Hall spokesperson told The New York Post Tuesday.He also said the city expects to “save $2.3 billion by next summer.” Mayor Eric Adams is looking to bring the cost per day per migrant down to $352 by fiscal year 2025.
$387 X 7 = $2,709 per week
$2,709 X 4 = $10,836 per month
There are millions of hardworking American citizens who live on less than half that amount each month.
The New York Post recently reported that illegals in NYC are being offered free plane or bus tickets to leave the city for other destinations but that most of them are not accepting the offer. Is there any wonder why?
Here’s why NYC migrants aren’t accepting free plane, bus tickets out of townMigrants booted from the Big Apple’s overflowing shelter system on Tuesday said they’re turning down the city’s offer for free plane or bus tickets out of town because it’s too hard to start over elsewhere.Of the more than two dozen asylum seekers The Post spoke to outside an intake center in the East Village, most said they preferred to stay put and try their luck in New York City — even if it meant going more weeks without a shelter bed.“Why leave here and start all over?” said Jesus Hernandez, 40, of Venezuela, adding he expects to wait four days to a week to find out about where he’ll be living next.Some joked the dating scene is what’s keeping them here.“I want job. I want to stay. I want wife too,” said one Senegalese migrant, who didn’t want to be named.The Post spoke to asylum seekers and staff at the former St. Brigid’s School on East 7th Street after it was revealed fewer than 2% of migrants there were willing to relocate to another city or state after maxing out their 30-day shelter stay.“I haven’t heard of anyone taking the ticket,” said an employee at the intake center, who didn’t want to be named.
There is a reason this issue has eclipsed the economy as a top issue for the 2024 election.
American citizens have every right to be mad as hell.
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