This has been quiet in the media…..
But since the House Republicans threw out any border legislation?
The Biden admin has been sending funds to Democratic states and cities that have been getting exported legal migrants dropped on them from Texas….
These funds are not nearly enough to cover expenses these states and cities are spending to provide ‘sanctuary ‘ to the migrants….
As a trio of senators struggled to strike a border and immigration deal last month, Mike Johnston, Denver’s Democratic mayor, warned that failing to pass a bill would trigger “a massive fiscal crisis” for his city.
That’s because the bipartisan compromise was expected to including funding for cities such as Denver that have been inundated with migrants, straining their resources.
Now the bill is dead and the crisis is here to stay.
Johnston blames Republicans for killing the bill to help former president Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
- “They knew it would have actually dramatically reduced the crisis in cities around the country,” Johnston told us Monday. “That is heartbreaking for us.”
The deal’s collapse has enraged Democrats, who point out that Republicans demanded changes to border policy only to walk away from an agreement that delivered them. But it has especially vexed Democratic mayors and governors in the states and cities that have struggled to accommodate an influx of migrants and were hoping for relief.
Some of them are seeking aid from the White House now. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is in touch with the administration “about the need for additional financial assistance for New York,” she said in a statement to The Early.
- “But until there is congressional action to secure the border, states like New York will have no choice but to continue footing the bill to manage this humanitarian crisis,” Hochul said. “And that is purely because Republicans in Congress, especially the ten that represent New York, have chosen to do the bidding of Donald Trump instead of serving their constituents.”
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Republicans, meanwhile, blamed the Biden administration for the crisis. The National Republican Congressional Committee believes the influx of migrants into Denver and Chicago this year will help them flip the swing seats held by Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) in the Denver suburbs and Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), whose district snakes through the northwestern part of the state….
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The administration is taking some limited steps to help cities and states on its own.
It has sent more than $1 billion in grants to places dealing with the migrant surge and has helped set up clinics in New York, Chicago, Denver and Boston to help migrants eligible for work authorization to apply for it. Those clinics have reached more than 15,000 migrants, according to Angelo Fernandez Hernandez, a White House spokesman.
The White House has also been working with the Education Department to make sure local governments are taking advantage of Title I funding to help cover the cost of educating migrants, according to a senior White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. It’s also exploring whether Housing and Urban Development Department funding can be used to help provide for migrants….
Note….
In a twist….The Legal migrants do NOT have federal authorization to work , though one could assume that some do….
Are the migrants in the news here legally or illegally?
It is complex and complicated and something that tribalists on neither side want to acknowledge.
Technically, those who have made it into the U.S. are here legally on a temporary basis. That is because the Biden Administration changed policy to make that the case. It appears obvious that many Americans disagree with this policy. As Biden had admitted as part of the negotiations, there is no requirement to allow them in. He is saying he is willing to “shut down the border”, as part of a deal.
Seeking asylum is a legal process. However, those who are coming across the southern border are going about it in an illegal way. So, it is indeed complicated. Those who are being allowed to stay temporarily are ordered to show up at court at a given time. Currently, the system is overwhelmed. Most who are seeking currently seeking asylum are doing so for reasons that are not typically considered valid such as religious or political persecution.
Abott HAS shipped LEGAL migrants North ….
The migrant’s volunteer to leave….
I did post that even here on Long Island you have migrants dumped in hotels’s and featured in NYC crime and crowding stories….
CNN just showed that 46% of the early vote IS Democratic the rest is fractured….
GOP only 18%…..
219 GOP…212 Dem…4 vacant House seats