Migrant thanks White House for $20M-a-month NYC shelter: ‘Gracias, presidente’
By Kevin Sheehan and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
August 21, 2023 3:16pm Updated
A migrant surveying his spacious new digs at the $20 million-a-month mega-tent city on Randall’s Island had a message for President Biden Monday: “Gracias, Presidente.”
Five tents have been set up on youth soccer fields on the remote Manhattan island to accommodate thousands of migrants from the US Southern border — where more are still pouring in every day through open gates in Arizona. Arriving asylum-seekers are treated to a meal, a cot, urgent medical care, bathroom facilities and bus service into Manhattan.
One migrant offered heartfelt thanks to the Biden administration: “Gracias, Presidente,” he told ABC7 Monday.
But Biden, who has seen an unprecedented surge of migrants crossing the southern border since taking office, has done little to help the Big Apple — one of their top destinations.
New York City has gotten a mere $140 million in federal aid, with the Department of Homeland Security offering a paltry “liaison” to help tackle the humanitarian crisis — despite Mayor Adams’ repeated warnings that the cost to care for asylum-seekers in the city could balloon to $12 billion over three years.
https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/migrant-thanks-white-house-for-20m-a-month-nyc-shelter-gracias-presidente/
