Illegal border crossers in New York City continue to be given thousands of dollars a month in free rent for apartments and hotel rooms, while Big Apple residents are forced to pay thousands of dollars a month for small apartments.
of new york timesFor example, I published a long article on February 25th. celebrate The “resettlement” of 170 immigrant families who were moved from city-paid hotel rooms to suburban Central Islip and other areas is being given free rent of up to $2,500 a month.
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An undocumented immigrant from Venezuela moved from a Manhattan hotel (she and her children had one room, a microwave, a small refrigerator, and a table and chairs) to a spacious bed in an eastern suburb. I moved into a two-room apartment and started binge drinking and eating. About the program.
“From where we came, to be here,” she marveled to the newspaper. “It may be a small apartment for some people, but for me it’s a very large apartment.”
said Martha Maffei, executive director of SEPA Mujer, one of the NGOs working with the government to spread migration throughout the region. times The company says it is working to build relationships with landlords. However, he added, “It’s difficult because it’s expensive.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) in Manhattan on February 12, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne for the New York Daily News)
Many landowners worry that they will be burdened by undocumented poor people when government subsidies end.
Spending is also an issue for actual Americans living in the Big Apple.
Despite illegal aliens being given thousands of dollars worth of free rent, some New Yorkers are living in “apartments” that are barely larger than a bedroom, have no kitchen, and that tenants are forced to use. A communal bathroom a few yards down the hall for which you can expect to pay over $1000 a month.
New York City’s ‘smallest’ apartment with no bathroom or kitchen listed for $1,200 a month https://t.co/UQ4jl1BMY8 pic.twitter.com/yIVwaLrcNl
— New York Post (@nypost) February 23, 2024
The small $1,200/month unit above may not be the norm, but other apartments that aren’t quite as big include a small bathroom, a kitchen no bigger than a breakfast nook, and a small, narrow space connecting them.
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Meanwhile, regardless of program, state and city governments are reported to be the losers in Joe Biden’s immigration crisis. While billions of dollars are spent providing free food, clothing, housing, and education to illegal aliens, federal agencies make billions while cities and states end up losing out. I will do it.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a report showing that the federal government gained $37.5 billion, or 8.7%, from a resident population of 2.9 million refugees and asylum seekers over the 15 years ending in 2020. said. report.
However, the same report also found that immigration cost taxpayers who fund state and local governments 7.3%, or $21.4 billion.
HHS calculated the cost by comparing $739 billion in taxes paid by immigrants and their families to $723.4 billion in government aid.
But even this nominal 2.1 percent rate of return covers the costs associated with government aid to immigrants, including the costs of the welfare programs that most immigrants end up enrolling in, as well as the costs of Medicare and social services. This calculation excludes many factors. safety.
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