New York City will soon begin handing out prepaid credit cards to undocumented immigrants, according to a new report.
of new york post A $53 million pilot program run by New Jersey company Mobility Capital Finance will provide asylum seekers arriving at the Roosevelt Hotel with city cash to help buy food, according to city records. ”.
Mobility Capital Finance provide An “immediate response card” sent by the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development to families living in hotels.
The first prepaid credit cards are given to illegal aliens residing at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. But if the program is deemed a “success,” the city plans to expand it to the estimated 15,000 immigrant families staying in New York City hotels.
The card can only be used at bodegas, grocery stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores. Immigrants will reportedly have to sign an affidavit saying they will only use the money for food or baby supplies, or they will be excluded from the pilot program.
according to daily mail“How will city officials check if the cards are being misused? And how will this plan exacerbate the crisis by encouraging other immigrants to head to the Big Apple in hopes of receiving free money?” It is unclear whether
The amount available for prepaid cards varies depending on the number of family members and income.
For a family of four, this can provide close to $1,000 per month. The card will reportedly be replenished every 28 days.
Currently, the city charges more than $11 per meal to feed illegal immigrants.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration touted the program as saving the city millions of dollars.
“In addition to helping families purchase fresh produce for culturally appropriate diets and their favorite baby products, this pilot program will also save New York City more than $600,000 per month and $7.2 million annually. We expect to save more than that,” said Adams spokeswoman Kayla Mamelak.
of new york times According to reports in December, New York City awarded a $432 million at-will contract to contractor DocGo to provide three meals a day to undocumented immigrants.
However, the paper noted that more than 70,000 meals were “wasted” between October 22, 2023 and November 22, 2023.
Wole Coaxam, CEO of Mobility Capital Finance, envisioned the $53 million program to support asylum seekers and local economies.
“MoCaFi is looking forward to partnering with New York City to provide funding for asylum seekers to purchase fresh, hot food,” Coaxum said. “MoCaFi’s goal is to expand access to financial resources for individuals excluded from banking, such as asylum seekers, while supporting local economies.”
In October, New York City began offering undocumented immigrants one-way tickets to anywhere in an effort to address the Big Apple’s immigration crisis.
In November, Mayor Adams announced major budget cuts for the Big Apple, with significant cuts to the NYPD’s force, education, and libraries. City officials acknowledged that the deep budget cuts were due to the current immigration crisis and warned that future funding could be constrained if the situation with illegal immigration continues.
Adams warned in August that the influx of illegal aliens would cost New York an estimated $12 billion over the next three years.
“Immigration is New York’s story, it’s America’s story,” Democrat Adams said at the time. “But as I declared nearly a year ago, we are in an unprecedented state of emergency due to the asylum seeker crisis. “We are facing this,” he said.
Adams also said the Big Apple is “past a breaking point” due to a “broken immigration system.”
When Adams declared New York City a sanctuary city and welcomed undocumented immigrants in October 2021, his view of illegal immigration changed dramatically. But they changed their attitude toward illegal immigration after Republican governors in red states began transporting undocumented immigrants to blue cities that were declared sanctuary cities.
As of last month, that’s all 100,000 Recently, illegal immigrants have been deported to New York City.
New York City is already in the midst of a homelessness crisis.
“In recent years, the number of homeless people in New York City has reached its highest level since the Great Depression of the 1930s,” the newspaper said. homeless coalition – “The nation’s oldest advocacy and direct service organization assisting homeless individuals and their families.”
“As of November 2023, 92,824 homeless people, including 33,365 homeless children, were sleeping in New York City’s main municipal shelter system each night; A total of 23,945 single adults were sleeping in shelters each night.”
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