NYC mayor declares 'emergency' due to migrants

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CRISIS IN NEW YORK: 94-year-old vet struggles to move on after nursing home evicts him, replaced by migrants

When he was evicted from Island Shores, the 94-year-old had difficulty finding a new assisted living facility that suited his needs.

In the end, Annunziata moved her father into her home in Midland Beach, New York, where she cares for him around the clock.

"I can't leave him home alone. … I raised my kids already. They’re all grown up," she said. "I mean, he’s a piece of cake, but still he’s 94 years old."

In August, Tammaro found out along with the rest of the community that Homes for the Homeless had made an arrangement with city hall to move migrants into Island Shores.

The facility was one of 200 buildings converted into emergency shelters to house some of the 130,000 migrants that landed in New York City after crossing the southern border since October 2022.

Our recent flight to Houston had many migrants, presumably with government paid tickets to go with the folders of government paperwork they were all holding. So many had colds etc. Two reeked, literally smelled like they hadn't showered in weeks as they passed by the aisle. I felt horrible for them and the people they would be sitting next to. Some were in shower shoes, inappropriate for the weather. I know it sounds small, but there are a lot of assumptions being made by the government here about how to handle the migration crisis and treat citizens and documented residents fairly (like this guy above). At least screen people for sickness, offer them showers and a change of clothes, or charter flights rather than pass them off onto airlines full of paying residents during the holiday season. OR, disincentivize irregular migration (there's a thought). How is this sustainable?

Yes, why doesn’t Congress overhaul immigration?!

Democrats put forward a bill that would greatly increase the number of Border Patrol agents by 1300 as well as other measures to improve border security and enforcement. The bill would also have provided more staff to address the massive backlog of migrant cases, allowing us to more quickly deport many of the economic migrants and asylum seekers who do not qualify for asylum.

Republicans voted against it. Republicans haven't provided any coherent alternative. They can't even manage to pick a speaker. Republicans also haven't provided any kind of immigration reform proposals whatsoever. The last time we had anything at all was decades ago.

Congress is dysfunctional. Republicans love to grandstand and throw blame around and talk about "come to the border" but where it actually comes to rolling sleeves up and putting together legislation all they do is play games.

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CRISIS IN NEW YORK: 94-year-old vet struggles to move on after nursing home evicts him, replaced by migrants

When he was evicted from Island Shores, the 94-year-old had difficulty finding a new assisted living facility that suited his needs.

In the end, Annunziata moved her father into her home in Midland Beach, New York, where she cares for him around the clock.

"I can't leave him home alone. … I raised my kids already. They’re all grown up," she said. "I mean, he’s a piece of cake, but still he’s 94 years old."

In August, Tammaro found out along with the rest of the community that Homes for the Homeless had made an arrangement with city hall to move migrants into Island Shores.

The facility was one of 200 buildings converted into emergency shelters to house some of the 130,000 migrants that landed in New York City after crossing the southern border since October 2022.

Our recent flight to Houston had many migrants, presumably with government paid tickets to go with the folders of government paperwork they were all holding. So many had colds etc. Two reeked, literally smelled like they hadn't showered in weeks as they passed by the aisle. I felt horrible for them and the people they would be sitting next to. Some were in shower shoes, inappropriate for the weather. I know it sounds small, but there are a lot of assumptions being made by the government here about how to handle the migration crisis and treat citizens and documented residents fairly (like this guy above). At least screen people for sickness, offer them showers and a change of clothes, or charter flights rather than pass them off onto airlines full of paying residents during the holiday season. OR, disincentivize irregular migration (there's a thought). How is this sustainable?

Yes, why doesn’t Congress overhaul immigration?!

Democrats put forward a bill that would greatly increase the number of Border Patrol agents by 1300 as well as other measures to improve border security and enforcement. The bill would also have provided more staff to address the massive backlog of migrant cases, allowing us to more quickly deport many of the economic migrants and asylum seekers who do not qualify for asylum.

Republicans voted against it. Republicans haven't provided any coherent alternative. They can't even manage to pick a speaker. Republicans also haven't provided any kind of immigration reform proposals whatsoever. The last time we had anything at all was decades ago.

Congress is dysfunctional. Republicans love to grandstand and throw blame around and talk about "come to the border" but where it actually comes to rolling sleeves up and putting together legislation all they do is play games.

Democrats didn't put forward the bill. Biden did. And, it was filled with money for processing and transporting migrants.
The border budget has been increased significantly in the past 2 years. And, what has that gotten us? A greater surge in migrants entering. This administration has made it clear that more money means more migrants. Why would Congress give him more money when the problem has only gotten worse with more money?
Republicans did put forward a bill. HR 2. Passed the House months ago. Schumer won't take a vote on it.

Passed House (05/11/2023)
Secure the Border Act of 2023

This bill makes various changes to immigration law, including by imposing limits on asylum eligibility and requiring employers to use an electronic system to verify the employment eligibility of new employees.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2

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If republicans cared they’d be pushing and publicizing HR2. They’d be rallying public support for it.
I live in Ohio, and have never seen an advertisement for it.
Why is that?

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Anonymous wrote:If republicans cared they’d be pushing and publicizing HR2. They’d be rallying public support for it.
I live in Ohio, and have never seen an advertisement for it.
Why is that?

Find new sources.

https://apnews.com/article/congress-ukraine-border-security-zelenskyy-bf932727abd5e8ff3cf5c9c848a3cf78
https://apnews.com/article/congress-border-security-ukraine-migrants-texas-mexico-909cfb700eafef95196f97906dc16ae1
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-johnson-house-speaker-face-the-nation-transcript-01-07-2024/
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/03/politics/mike-johnson-jake-tapper-interview/index.html

There are many, many more articles like these.

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I can't imagine that parents will be happy with this.....

Approximately 1.9k migrants from Floyd Bennett Field will be temporarily relocated to James Madison High School

The school will be shut down and students will attend virtual classes

This incident confirms what we knew all along, the camp at Floyd Bennett Field is unsustainable

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This high school is in Brooklyn and has a minority enrollment of 53%. They have a 73% rate of economically disadvantaged students.
Parents are angry, and rightly so.

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Ha ha.

They voted for this. Oh well.

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Isn’t DC also a sanctuary city?

Are they next?

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Congresswoman from New York explains why she supports illegal immigration:

"I need more people in my district JUST FOR REDISTRICTING PURPOSES.”

These Democrats are looking out for themselves, not for America.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine that parents will be happy with this.....

Approximately 1.9k migrants from Floyd Bennett Field will be temporarily relocated to James Madison High School

The school will be shut down and students will attend virtual classes

This incident confirms what we knew all along, the camp at Floyd Bennett Field is unsustainable

This is beyond anything I ever imagined would happen in this country. U.S. citizens having to leave a school and "learn" virtually so that illegal immigrants can use the building? Unacceptable and disgusting.