New York City Mayor Eric Adams warns illegal migrants will 'destroy' city

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The increasing numbers of migrants will “destroy New York City,” Mayor Eric Adams is warning residents.

And, he said during a town hall meeting Wednesday night, President Joe Biden’s White House has not offered any support for the thousands of asylum seekers arriving each month from the southern border.

“I’m gonna tell you something, New Yorkers,” Adams said. “Never in my life have I had a problem that I didn’t see an ending to. I don’t see an ending to this.”

The mayor of the self-declared sanctuary city said more than 110,000 migrants have arrived in the past year.

“Month after month I stood up and said this is gonna come to a neighbourhood near you. Well, we’re here, we’re getting no support on this national crisis, and we’re receiving no support,” Adams said.

The mayor also took aim at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for busing migrants to New York City.

“Go item for item on what Eric Adams ran for as a candidate and look at what we accomplished in 20 months. We turned this city around in 20 months, and then what happened?” Adams said.

“Started with a madman down in Texas who decided he wanted to bus people up to New York City.”

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According to data shared by Abbot earlier this week, Texas has sent more than 13,000 migrants to New York City, and a total of 35,000 to metropolises like Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

The first bus of border-crossing asylum seekers, originating from Texas, arrived in New York City in early August 2022.

Adams said 10,000 migrants are coming to the city each month from all over the world, including Venezuela, Ecuadorian nationals, Russian-speaking individuals and people from West Africa.

“Now we’re getting people from all over the globe that made their minds up that they’re gonna come through the southern border and coming to New York City,” Adams said.

New York City is spending millions to house, feed, clothe and educate the migrants.

“Everyone is saying it is New York City’s problem,” Adams said. “Every community in this city is going to be impacted. We have a $12-billion deficit that we’re going to have to cut. Every service in this city is going to be impacted.”