Surge of migrant families crossing border will become NYC’s problem, lawmakers warn
By Craig McCarthy and
Emily Crane
September 1, 2023 3:25pm
It’s Big Apple’s problem — yet again.
The record-high number of migrant families who streamed across the US-Mexico border last month is almost certain to end up flowing into New York City’s already overburdened shelter system, Big Apple pols warned Friday.
Illegal border crossings surged to an all-time high in August, with at least 91,000 migrants who crossed as part of family groups being taken into US Border Patrol custody, according to preliminary data obtained by the Washington Post.
“These very same people [will] show up to live in a field in Queens. Mark my words,” City Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) told The Post.
The city has long felt the brunt of the nation’s disastrous migrant crisis — with more than 107,000 asylum seekers pouring into the Big Apple since last spring.
Roughly 59,400 of them are being put up by the city in one of the 200 or so migrant shelters and tent cities scattered across the five boroughs, City Hall’s latest figures show.
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https://nypost.com/2023/09/01/record-high-migrant-families-crossing-us-border-to-be-nycs-problem-pols-warn/
