The Egg Harbor Township based airport was among 11 federally owned facilities listed by the US Department of Homeland Security as temporary housing for some of the 60,000 asylum seekers in New York.
The Biden Administration has suggested Atlantic City International Airport as a potential shelter space for asylum seekers in New York City, according to a report fromThe Egg Harbor Township-based airport, located ten miles outside Atlantic City, was among 11 federally owned facilities listed by the US Department of Homeland Security in a letter to New York City Mayor Eric Adams this week as temporary housing for some of the 60,000 migrants who recently arrived in the city, Bloomberg reported.
In an interview, Small said he “completely opposed” relocating asylum seekers to the nearby airport, and worried it would further grow his city’s homeless population, and strain the city’s addiction services and infrastructure. The issue has become a tension point between the Biden administration and Democratic lawmakers in New York.
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