New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to bus illegal migrants past a so-called 'sanctuary' county to Republican-led towns that have fiercely resisted the relocation plan.
FOX Business Madison Alworth joined Americas Newsroom with the latest on the border crisis and its impact on the state of New York.plan to move several hundred illegal migrants to hotels in Orange and Rockland Counties, New York, began Thursday in a move that busses asylum seekers past a sanctuary county to areas that have fiercely resisted the plan.
Supporters were seen outside The Crossroads holding signs welcoming them. Orange County Legislator Kevindaryán Luján said outside the hotel that 20 to 30 people had arrived in the first busload and that about 60 were expected there Thursday, all males.Mayor Eric Adams at New York City Hall. Orange County's neighbor, Rockland County, successfully obtained a temporary restraining order from a state Supreme Court judge on Tuesday after arguing that the move violated local zoning regulations.
As the battle rages on over where to house the migrants who have taxed New York City's facilities to the breaking point, Adams has argued that the rest of the state must step in to help alleviate the burden faced by its largest city."New York City has cared for more than 61,000 migrants — sheltering, feeding, and caring for them, and we have done so largely without incident," the spokesperson told Fox News Digital earlier this week.
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