Immigration Watch International (2): White House Responds to New York's Immigration Crisis Plea: Says Congress would need to approve

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

White House Responds to New York's Immigration Crisis Plea: Says Congress would need to approve

The White House says its ability to help New York with the state's illegal immigrant crisis is limited without congressional action.

“Without congressional action, this Administration has been working to build a safe, orderly, and humane immigration system and has worked to identify ways to improve efficiencies and maximize the resources the federal government can provide to communities across the country to support the flow of migrants,” a White House spokesperson said in a statement on Aug. 25 to CNN.

“We will continue to partner with communities across the country to ensure they can receive the support they need. Only Congress can provide additional funding for these efforts, which this Administration has already requested, and only Congress can fix the broken immigration system.”

The statement comes after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told President Joe Biden on Aug. 24 that the federal government needs to "take prompt and significant action" to "meet its obligation to New York State." Ms. Hochul said the federal government has the "direct responsibility to manage and [take] control of the nation's borders."

More than 100,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in New York City since the spring of 2022, primarily from the U.S. southern border.

In the letter (pdf) addressed to President Biden, the governor also outlined various actions that the federal government must take, including helping New York with housing, support, and work authorization for the illegal immigrants, some of whom are seeking asylum in the United States.

She also requested Title 32 designation to grant funding for the roughly 2,000 New York National Guard members who have been providing logistical and operational support to shelter illegal immigrants across the state.

The federal government has contributed some $145 million in direct funding to the illegal immigrant surge. On Aug. 21, it also approved a plan to house at least 2,000 illegal immigrants at Floyd Bennett Field, a former naval air station in Brooklyn.

"While the State appreciates the $145 million contribution that the federal government has made to this effort, this allotment of funds is insufficient," Ms. Hochul told President Biden in her letter on Aug. 24. "The costs to provide services and assistance to migrants arriving in New York are high and the need for federal assistance is clear."

The governor didn't request any particular amount in her letter to President Biden, but did note that "based on the current trajectory and planning, this crisis could cost the State an additional $4.5 billion next year."

State and City Actions

Ms. Hochul's administration has already allocated $1.5 billion in state aid to address the influx of illegal immigrants. The funds go to "health care, shelter costs, National Guard personnel, legal services, and voluntary relocation programs," according to the governor's office.

The governor's office also recently announced a $20 million investment to help speed up the casework filing process for more than 30,000 asylum-seekers.

On Aug. 25, Ms. Hochul extended the executive order declaring a state of emergency over the illegal immigrant crisis.

New York City is projecting that the cost to the city will be $12 billion to support the illegal immigrants pouring in. As the numbers of illegal immigrants surge, Mayor Eric Adams has also called for increased federal and state action.

In July, the city announced that it would give illegal immigrants 60 days' notice to find alternate housing and move out of the shelters they had been provided with.

"We have no more room in this city," Mr. Adams said at the time.

New York’s illegal immigrant crisis has been blamed on the Biden administration by Republicans for its apparent unwillingness to secure the southern U.S. border with Mexico. More than 5.6 million migrants have illegally crossed the southern border since President Biden took office.

State authorities in Texas and other parts of the county who have been taking in the majority of illegal border-crossers have been sending them to sanctuary cities such as New York, which has seen its social services and shelter systems overwhelmed.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/white-house-responds-to-new-yorks-immigration-crisis-plea-5481348

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Postings from Brisbane, Australia by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) -- former member of the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society, former anarcho-capitalist and former member of the British Conservative party.

Why is "La Raza" the one Spanish term that is NEVER translated in the American mass media? Because translating it would make it a lot less respectable. It means "THE RACE" -- The mixed Hispanic "race" of Mexico. Racism is fine South of the Rio Grande only, apparently.

The "line" of this blog is that immigration should be SELECTIVE. That means that:

1). A national government should be in control of it. The U.S. and U.K. governments are not but the Australian government has shown that the government of a prosperous Western country can be. Up until its loss of office in 2007, the conservative Howard government had all but eliminated illegal immigration. The present Leftist government has however restarted the flow of illegals by repealing many of the Howard government regulations.

2). Selectivity should be based on "the content of a man's character, not on the color of his skin", as MLK said. To expand that a little: Immigrants should only be accepted if they as individuals seem likely to make a positive net contribution to the country. Many "refugees" would fail that test: Muslims and Africans particularly. Educational level should usually be a pretty fair proxy for the individual's likely value to the receiving country. There will, of course, be exceptions but it is nonetheless unlikely that a person who has not successfully completed High School will make a net positive contribution to a modern Western society.

3). Immigrants should be neither barred NOR ACCEPTED solely because they are of some particular ethnic origin. Blacks are vastly more likely to be criminal than are whites or Chinese, for instance, but some whites and some Chinese are criminal. It is the criminality that should matter, not the race.

4). The above ideas are not particularly blue-sky. They roughly describe the policies of the country where I live -- Australia. I am critical of Australian policy only insofar as the "refugee" category for admission is concerned. All governments have tended to admit as refugees many undesirables. It seems to me that more should be required of them before refugees are admitted -- for instance a higher level of education or a business background.

5). Perhaps the most amusing assertion in the immigration debate is that high-income countries like the USA and Britain NEED illegal immigrants to do low-paid menial work. "Who will pick our crops?" (etc.) is the cry. How odd it is then that Australians get all the normal services of a modern economy WITHOUT illegal immigrants! Yes: Before the pandemic, you usually COULD buy a lettuce in Australia for a dollar or thereabouts. And Australia IS a major exporter of primary products.

6). I am a libertarian conservative so I reject the "open door" policy favoured by many libertarians and many Leftists. Both those groups tend to have a love of simplistic generalizations that fail to deal with the complexity of the real world. It seems to me that if a person has the right to say whom he/she will have living with him/her in his/her own house, so a nation has the right to admit to living among them only those individuals whom they choose.

I can be reached on jonjayray@hotmail.com -- or leave a comment on any post. Abusive comments will be deleted.

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