Mayor Eric Adams is heading to the southern border this weekend, just two days after dozens of migrants breached the border wall in El Paso, Texas.
The trip south, his second solo trip to the Star State since the immigration crisis began, draws national attention to the financial burden the influx of immigrants is placing on the Big Apple and puts pressure on the Biden administration. It marks City Hall’s latest effort to require the government to increase its spending. Up.
“We’ve spent over $4 billion so far, and the federal government has only allocated a little more than $100 million…which is nowhere near what they should be providing,” Hizzoner fumed. reset talk show Friday morning, before announcing any news about the weekend’s plans.
A City Hall official told The Post Friday that the mayor was invited by Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in San Juan, but other details about the visit were not immediately available. I couldn’t get it.
A call to the group was not immediately returned.
“Finding solutions to national problems requires national collaboration. I met with Sister Norma Pimentel, her team, and other leaders to discuss our work in New York City, and to support cities across the country. I look forward to exploring new ways to work with leaders across the world,” Adams said in a statement.
Last October, Adams traveled to Latin America to speak to local and national leaders about the crisis.
Nearly 185,000 asylum seekers have arrived in the Big Apple since spring 2022, costing taxpayers billions of dollars to house, clothe and feed them.
More than 64,500 immigrants remain under city protection.
Meanwhile, the federal government has provided only about $150 million to offset the cost, which is expected to rise to just over $10 billion by next fiscal year.
It took months for the Adams administration to make these funds available. It wasn’t until FEMA officials came to the Big Apple to help with the paperwork that more than $106 million in aid money was refunded.
