New York City Spent $50K to Send Migrants to Florida, Texas, China: Report; NYC Mayor Eric Adams spends $50,000 in taxpayer funds to send 114 migrants to states such as Florida and Texas – and some to CHINA – after hammering states for bussing border crossers to the Big Apple

New York City spent $50K to send migrants to Florida, Texas, China: report:

New York City spent approximately $50,000 in a one-year period to resettle dozens of migrants in different parts of the U.S. — including Florida and Texas — as well as other countries, including South American nations and even China.

The city spent $50,000 between April 2022 and April 2023 to rehouse 114 migrant households to states across the country, according to data obtained by Politico. The top three states were Florida (28 households), Texas (14) and North Carolina (6). The outlet also reported that five households were sent to other countries, including Peru, China, Ecuador and Venezuela.

The existence of transportation programs out of the city for migrants are neither new nor hidden. The city in September announced the formation of Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, which provide services to migrants including “settlement options” via family connections both in and outside of the Big Apple.

“We found that people had other destinations, but they were being compelled only to come to New York City, and we are assisting in interviewing those who seek to go somewhere else,” Adams said in February. “Some want to go to Canada, some want to go to warmer states, and we are there for them as they continue to move on with their pursuit of this dream.”

But the data from Politico comes after Adams and other Democratic leaders across the U.S. have hammered the governors of Florida and Texas for their resettlement programs that transport migrants to so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions like New York City, Washington D.C., and California.

Critics have denounced the Republican governors for what they say is the weaponization of immigrants as part of a political stunt and have accused them of misleading migrants to get them on the transports against their will. Governors have rejected those claims and said that the transports are voluntary. —>READ MORE HERE

NYC Mayor Eric Adams spends $50,000 in taxpayer funds to send 114 migrants to states such as Florida and Texas – and some to CHINA – after hammering states for bussing border crossers to the Big Apple:

New York City Mayor Eric Adams used taxpayer funds to send migrants to red states including Texas and Florida with some even being sent as far as South America and China despite trashing Republican governors for sending them to the Big Apple.

Adams, a Democrat, spent about $50,000 of the city’s money to send 114 migrant households elsewhere in the world as the city is overrun with asylum seekers in the tens of thousands.

A total of 28 families were sent to Florida with 14 being sent to Texas, a few were sent to Colombia and one family to China. The migrants were allowed to choose where they were sent, reports Politico.

The mayor has previously slammed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott for bussing migrants to New York and other northeastern locales in what he called a ‘political stunt.’

‘This was part of a political ploy and that’s what we need to understand,’ Adams said on CNN at the time.

‘I mean, what was his purpose of sending a planeload to Martha’s Vineyard? He just felt as though he wanted to get into this horrendous action,’ he added in a press conference, according to ABC News.

Abbott has sent around 9,700 asylum seekers to New York City, according to Politico. DeSantis has flown about 85 migrants to Massachusetts and California.

Kate Smart, a spokesperson for the mayor, bizarrely tried to contrast the city’s efforts with those of Florida and Texas.

‘New York City has, as we have discussed very publicly for months, worked to connect individuals with friends, family, and networks whether in New York City or outside of it,’ Smart said in a statement. —>READ MORE HERE

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