{"id":2010058,"date":"2023-08-23T22:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-yorks-plan-to-house-immigrants-at-former-airfield-approved\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T22:11:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T02:11:53","slug":"new-yorks-plan-to-house-immigrants-at-former-airfield-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-yorks-plan-to-house-immigrants-at-former-airfield-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"NY&#8217;s plan to house immigrants at old airfield gets green light."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-yorks-plan-to-house-immigrants-at-former-airfield-approved%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010058&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Airfield\u200d in Brooklyn\u200b to Provide Shelter for \u2063Thousands \u2062of \u200dIllegal \u2064Immigrants<\/h2>\n<p>At least 2,000 people will\u200c be provided shelter at a former airfield \u200cin\u200c Brooklyn as New York City copes with an influx of tens of thousands of\u2064 illegal\u2064 immigrants from the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Gov. \u2063Kathy Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKathyHochul\/status\/1693670534460915851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on X, formerly Twitter, that a \u201ctentative contract\u201d was \u2063made with the Biden administration to house the illegal immigrants, some of whom\u2064 may\u200c qualify as \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Oped\/Most-illegal-immigrants-do-not-qualify-US-asylum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/still-zero-boat-migrant-deportations-this-year-as-2021-landings-pass-20000\/\" title=\"Still Zero Boat Migrant Deportations This Year as 2021 Landings Pass 20,000\">genuine asylum seekers<\/a><\/a>, at\u2063 Floyd Bennett Field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis site will be critical in the interim for \u200bthe City \u2062of New York to provide humanitarian aid, as we work collectively to get\u2064 people on\u200b the path to asylum seeker status \u200band legal work,\u201d Ms. Hochul said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/cartels-are-exploiting-us-government-app-for-illegal-immigrants-says-former-border-chief-5479248\">Cartels\u2063 Are Exploiting US Government App for Illegal Immigrants, Says Former Border Chief<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/23\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/judge-to-decide-if-texas-can-keep-water-barrier-to-deter-illegal-immigrants-5478629\">Judge to Decide If Texas Can Keep Water Barrier to Deter Illegal Immigrants<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/23\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Federal\u2064 government will lease the\u200c space for free but the state of New York will cover\u2062 the\u200b costs of maintaining the site, she added.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also announced that an additional budget of $20 million was freed up to speed \u200dup the casework\u200b for nearly 30,000 unverified\u2062 asylum seekers currently sheltered by multiple New York City agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, the path out of this crisis is granting work authorization immediately, so these individuals can move out of shelter and into independent living arrangements,\u201d Ms. Hochul said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>People attend an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-yorks-plan-to-house-immigrants-at-former-airfield-approved\/\" title=\"NY's plan to house immigrants at old airfield gets green light.\">anti-illegal immigration protest\u200c lead<\/a> by \u200cGuardian Angels\u2063 founder Curtis\u200b Sliwa at Floyd Bennett Field in the Marine Park\u200c neighborhood of the\u200c Brooklyn borough in \u200dNew York \u200con Aug. 22, 2023. (Michael M. \u200dSantiago\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>New York City mayor Eric Adams thanked Ms. Hochul \u201cfor her\u2063 commitment to \u2063pay for this site,\u201d adding\u200d that he is\u200c looking forward to \u200ba similar partnership in Albany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut let\u2019s \u200cbe clear,\u201d \u200cthe mayor\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/609-23\/mayor-adams-on-floyd-bennett-field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cbecause we haven\u2019t seen meaningful policy changes that would alter the \u2063course\u2062 of this crisis, we\u2019ve been forced to \u200cplay an unsustainable game of\u200b \u2018whack-a-mole\u2019,\u2064 opening new site after new site\u200b as \u200dasylum-seekers\u2063 continue to arrive by the thousands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York City has seen an influx of more\u2063 than 100,000 people over the past year \u2064following a surge of illegal entries\u2062 along \u200cthe Mexican border related to \u200cthe end \u2064of the pandemic-era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/border-authorities-recorded-200000-encounters-at-southern-border-in-may-as-title-42-expired-5347492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Title 42<\/a> policy, as\u2064 reports of \u2064a porous\u200b border <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/10000-illegal-immigrants-apprehended-at-tucson-arizona-border-sector-5433957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the\u200c Adams administration \u2064has opened\u200d more \u200cthan 200\u2064 emergency\u2064 shelters in various\u200b city-owned buildings, hotels, and other locations, \u200cincluding a facility on Randall\u2019s Island capable\u2064 of housing \u2062up to 2,000 people. \u200bMore than a dozen administrative centers are currently operating to process \u200bnew arrivals.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Hundreds of illegal immigrants line up outside\u200b of\u2062 the Jacob K. \u200bJavits Federal\u200d Building in New York City on\u2062 June 6, 2023. (David Dee Delgado\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Ms. Hochul, \u200cthe \u2064combined cost of shelter, food, and \u2064other necessities for the\u2063 illegal \u200dimmigrants amounts to\u200b $20\u200b million a month.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the New York state\u2019s $1.5 billion commitment to support\u2063 the \u200ccity\u2019s efforts to \u2064shelter the immigrants, more than \u200c1,800 members of the National\u200b Guard have been deployed to provide logistical and operational support.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Adams said the cost \u200bof providing for\u2063 those who intend to\u200b apply\u200d for\u2064 asylum, whether they have valid cases or \u200dnot,\u200c could \u200crise to \u200d$12 billion in coming years.<\/p>\n<p>His \u2063administration has been\u200b relocating immigrants\u200b to \u2062upstate \u2064counties but these efforts \u2064are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nine-states-and-d-c-still-have-mask-mandates-in-place\/\" title=\"Nine States and D.C. Still Have Mask Mandates in Place\">facing legal challenges<\/a> from \u2063their county officials.<\/p>\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/new-yorks-plan-to-house-immigrants-at-former-airfield-approved_937922.html\">NTD News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 2,000 people will find refuge at a former Brooklyn airfield as NYC tackles an influx of illegal immigrants from the southern border. Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed a &#8220;tentative contract&#8221; with the Biden administration to accommodate them, as announced on X (formerly Twitter). 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