Biden administration points finger at NY for its handling of migrant crisisBy Craig McCarthy,
Nolan Hicks and
Emily Crane
August 28, 2023
The Biden administration Monday scoffed at the notion it’s to blame for any of New York City’s migrant crisis, saying the Big Apple’s and state’s own issues caused the catastrophic mess.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, in letters fired off to Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul, still provided no real local relief over the federal debacle — more than a year after tens of thousands of migrants began flooding the city and overwhelming its services.
Instead, Mayorkas promised in his bureaucratic note only vague “recommendations” from his team “as soon as possible’’ — adding insult to injury by claiming the issues solely came to light because of the feds’ brief recent visit.
“The structural issues include governance and organization of the migrant operations, including issues of authority, structure, personnel, and information flow,” Mayorkas wrote in the letters first obtained by Politico.
“The operational issues include the subjects of data collection, planning, case management, communications, and other aspects of day-to-day operations.”
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/biden-admin-points-finger-at-ny-for-its-handling-of-migrant-crisis/