Queens locals beg federal immigration authorities to end ‘lawlessness’ by homeless migrants: ‘Should not be happening anywhere’
Story by Steven Vago, David Propper • 8h
Queens locals fed up with the conditions along Roosevelt Avenue are hoping the new Trump administration will help “clean up” the area besieged by crime they say has been committed by homeless migrants.
A group of residents, including ex-Democratic state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, penned a letter Tuesday to President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan, requesting federal assistance after claiming state and local leaders weren’t doing enough to improve safety.
“The situation here in Corona, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst is outrageous,” read the letter to Homan, who’s been tasked by Trump to oversee a mass deportation operation.
“Over the past seven months our community has risen up to confront a wave of lawlessness in our community that landed here about a year and a half ago.”
The Roosevelt Avenue corridor has faced homelessness and ongoing lawlessness by dozens of migrants, including drug dealing, harassment and theft, as well as lesser crimes like drinking in the open, littering and public urination, locals said during a Tuesday press conference.
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