Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus declared a State of Emergency on May 8 in response to a New York City plan to bus illegal immigrants to upstate hotels.
The executive order prohibits hotels, motels, and other short-term rental facilities in the county from housing any illegal immigrants, or asylum seekers, arranged by the New York City government.
“I’m a child of immigrants … I understand these folks are for a better life, and most of them are,” Neuhaus said in a May 9 video address. “But there has got to be a better way.”
He said he was concerned with whether these individuals were properly vetted and who would care for them after New York City weaned them off temporary assistance….