NYC Mayor Warns Of Migrant Crisis As City Runs 'Out Of Room,' Says People Will Be 'Sleeping On The Streets'

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is sounding the alarm about the city’s capacity to handle the ongoing migrant crisis, warning that the situation could soon lead to people “sleeping on the streets.”

What Happened: Adams, in an interview with Fox 5’s Rosanna Scotto, emphasized that the city’s resources are stretched to the limit due to the escalating migrant crisis, reported Fox News.

“Our hearts are endless, but our resources are not,” Adams said.

“It’s not like New York is not saying we are not a city of immigrants. We are. We have a rich history of immigrants, but we can’t take the global problem and it become our problem. That is unfair to New Yorkers, and is unfair to migrants.”

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Adams, who is bound by New York City’s sanctuary city policies, is unable to hand over repeat migrant offenders to I.C.E. due to the city’s “right to shelter” rule, which legally obligates the city to house everyone.

Adams told Scotto, “We’re out of room, literally. People are going to be eventually sleeping on the streets.”

Despite these challenges, Adams noted that legal challenges to the right-to-shelter rule are underway, arguing that it was not intended for migrants and asylum seekers.

Why It Matters: The migrant crisis in New York City is part of a larger national issue. The surge in border arrivals is expected to intensify housing market competition across the U.S. This has been a contentious issue, with former President Donald Trump taking credit for the collapse of a bipartisan border deal, which he described as “dead.” President Joe Biden has shifted his strategy from defense to offense, aiming to turn this legislative failure into a win for his reelection campaign.

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