The Biden administration called out Democratic leaders in New York following state and local officials' complaints that the federal government had failed to help the sanctuary zone respond to its immigrant crisis, even after receiving $100 million in aid from Congress in June.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sent letters to Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday in response to the two officials demanding for months that Washington do more to help the state respond to 100,000 illegal immigrants who have shown up in the past two years after being released from the border, according to a Politico report.
“We are hopeful that our recommendations will equip the city to take additional steps to improve the migrant operations and maximize the value of our continued partnership and your support,” Mayorkas said. Mayorkas has refused to call the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border a"crisis" for more than 30 months in which more than 6 million people have been encountered attempting to enter the country without permission. More than 2 million of those encountered were released into the U.S. to await court hearings for unlawful entry, not for years down the road due to the massive backlog before immigration judges.
Mayorkas told the officials that the Biden administration had offered a hangar at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens that was capable of housing 800 single men. The Biden administration has identified 11 federal sites across the state where the city could house immigrants, including the Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, according to DHS.
Police in New York City braced Monday for what could be the city's largest protest over Adams's handling of the immigrant crisis. The large majority of protesters at gatherings in recent weeks have largely opposed the city's housing immigrants in the area.
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