US Migrant Problem: New York Governor Kathy Hochul Urges Joe Biden to Take Notice of Massive 'Humanitarian Crisis'

New York Governor Kathy Hochul says President Biden has ignored her repeated requests for help with the growing U.S. migrant problem, which she says is caused by the large number of migrants coming to New York City. However, she did not address whether the president's open-border immigration policies were at fault, New York Post reported.

"We really are looking for a federal response to this - to take ownership of a crisis, and we'll be there to help, but this belongs to the federal government," Hochul told reporters in Manhattan.

In the past few weeks, 18,600 asylum seekers have come to New York City, overwhelming the schools in all five boroughs.

Mayor Eric Adams has declared an emergency and said that "every community" should expect migrants since the city's homeless shelters have reached record numbers.

Asylum seekers who want to stay in the U.S. legally can do so while their cases are being decided.

"We want the federal government to see that this is a humanitarian crisis," Hochul said.

New York City Shelters Are Now at Capacity Due to U.S. Migrant Problem

Adams told residents Tuesday that shelters for migrants will be built in "every community." He stressed that the shelters in the city are now full.

Adams announced a state of emergency in response to the humanitarian crisis, claiming that the city needed $1 billion in federal money to deal with the flood of migrants.

Over the weekend, about 2,000 Latin American asylum applicants landed in New York City.

According to Daily Mail, an estimated 700,000 unauthorized immigrants were in the city before the recent 20,000 that were brought in.

From October 2021 to August 2022, Customs and Border Patrol reported 2.15 million migrant interactions for the first time. The number has never been more than 2 million for a whole fiscal year.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul Says Us Migrant Problem in NYC Needs "Federal Solution"

Gov. Kathy Hochul argued that the state can only do so much in response to the busloads of thousands of migrants coming from border states and urged the Biden administration to offer a "federal solution."

During an interview with Bloomberg Television's David Westin, Hochul said she had raised the issue with the White House.

"Let's look at federal facilities, federal staff to help supplement the city," she said.

Hochul also claimed that she has been working with New York City "almost hourly" since the migrants started showing there to ensure that the issue does not "get out of control."

Bloomberg noted that Hochul is currently up in the polls against her Republican rival, U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin, for governor in November's general election.

In the most recent Siena College survey, Hochul is ahead with 54% to Zeldin's 37%, but she is spending millions of dollars on advertising to fend off Zeldin.

Hochul, a native of Buffalo, New York, was appointed governor last year when Andrew Cuomo resigned due to alleged sexual harassment.

The state's economic picture was brighter back then, tax collections were better than expected, and New York passed its largest-ever state spending plan. Hochul and other government officials are bracing for a downturn.

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Written by: Bert Hoover

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