In his latest move to handle illegal immigrants transported from the nation’s southern border, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he will open new “humanitarian emergency centers” to make sure the new arrivals meet their needs.
“This is not an everyday homelessness crisis, but a humanitarian crisis that requires a different approach,” Adams said Thursday in a statement announcing the plan. He compared the recent influx of “asylum seekers” to the immigration wave that came through Ellis Island some 100 years ago, accusing leaders of border states of neglecting their “moral duty” to support them.
“It’s clear that we are again dealing with a humanitarian crisis created by human hands. While other leaders have abdicated their moral duty to support arriving asylum seekers, New York City refuses to do so,” Adams said….