{"id":2029623,"date":"2023-09-12T17:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/41-of-new-yorkers-want-southern-border-wall-as-state-grapples-with-migrants-poll-finds\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T17:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:20:07","slug":"41-of-new-yorkers-want-southern-border-wall-as-state-grapples-with-migrants-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/41-of-new-yorkers-want-southern-border-wall-as-state-grapples-with-migrants-poll-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"41% of New Yorkers support a southern border wall amidst migrant challenges, reveals poll."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2F41-of-new-yorkers-want-southern-border-wall-as-state-grapples-with-migrants-poll-finds%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=2029623&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--><p><h2>Support for Border Wall in New\u2062 York State<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As \u2063deep blue New York scrambles to metabolize the tens of thousands \u2063of illegal migrants who have flooded the\u2063 state since last year, many residents say they want\u2063 a southern \u200cborder \u2063wall.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More \u2062than four in \u200dten New\u200c York state\u200b residents \u2014 41% \u2014 said they support a border wall spanning the entire length of the country\u2019s southern\u200d border with Mexico,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/scri.siena.edu\/2023\/09\/12\/majorities-support-using-federal-properties-to-shelter-migrants-easier-work-authorizations-comprehensive-immigration-reform-oppose-border-wall-50-41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> \u200bto a\u2062 Siena\u200d College Poll released Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Even in New York City, 38% of city dwellers said they support a border wall.<\/p>\n<p>Half of New Yorkers said they would oppose a border \u2062wall spanning the length of the southern border, the poll found.<\/p>\n<p>The border wall was a\u2063 key project of former President Donald \u200cTrump\u2019s \u2064administration, but President Biden later\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scrapped<\/a> efforts to complete\u200c the wall on \u200chis first day in office.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Concerns\u2062 about\u2062 Illegal Drugs and Economic Impact<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-report-opioid-overdoses-cost-u-s-1-trillion-annually\/\" title=\"Congressional Report: Opioid Overdoses Cost U.S.  Trillion Annually\">illegal drug market<\/a>\u2063 and the economic consequences of welcoming so many illegal migrants were also \u2062issues addressed by the\u200d poll.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>About 38%\u2062 of New Yorkers said they believe the current migrants\u200b coming \u2064into the country are the source of much \u200dof the \u200billegal drugs entering\u2064 our country, the poll \u2063found.<\/p>\n<p>Even more,\u2064 42%, said the migrants take more in resources\u2063 than they return in \u200beconomic activity or taxes.<\/p>\n<p>About \u206431% said that many people trying to immigrate to the\u2063 U.S. \u200care \u201cdangerous potentially criminal people,\u201d according to the poll.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u200babout 35% said they believe many people trying \u200bto immigrate to\u2063 the U.S. \u201cjust want free hand-outs from our government and people \u2026 and do not want to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h3>Migrant Crisis Impacting New York City<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>More \u200cthan \u2064110,000 migrants have arrived\u200b in New York City since last\u200c year, and 60,000 are still \u200bbeing housed on the city\u2019s dime, causing officials to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/41-of-new-yorkers-want-southern-border-wall-as-state-grapples-with-migrants-poll-finds\/\" title=\"41% of New Yorkers support a southern border wall amidst migrant challenges, reveals poll.\">open\u200d additional \u2063homeless shelters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper\">\u201cThis issue will \u2062destroy New York City,\u201d Mayor\u2063 Eric Adams, a \u200dDemocrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2023\/09\/11\/esuh-s11.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-equality-act-is-the-greatest-threat-to-religious-freedom-in-our-lifetime-we-must-stand-against-it\/\" title=\"The \u2018Equality Act\u2019 Is The Greatest Threat To Religious Freedom In Our Lifetime. We Must Stand Against It.\">town hall meeting<\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cWe\u2019re getting 10,000 migrants a month \u2026 Every \u2063community in this city is going to be impacted.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Over\u200d the weekend, Adams announced budget \u2063cuts\u200d to the tune of billions of \u2063dollars due to the migrant crisis. All city\u200c agencies will be\u2063 forced to reduce spending by 5% <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/mayor-adams-orders-billions-in-budget-cuts-escalating-call-for-federal-and-state-migrant-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">starting<\/a> in November \u2064and 15% \u2063by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/09\/09\/nyc-eric-adams-migrant-crisis-00114879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">next spring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The city has \u2063already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spent<\/a> more than $1.2 billion on the migrants\u2064 and is projected to spend up to $5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s Department of Homeland Security has since\u2062 given New York City\u2063 $140 million in federal funding to address the migrant crisis, but Adams has said it would take more aid to get the situation under control.<\/p>\n<p>Migrants are also causing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space\">other headaches<\/a> \u2062for \u2062New York\u200c besides overcrowding\u2064 the emergency shelter system \u2014 some\u200d have caused public \u2063disturbances. Meanwhile,\u2062 business\u200b owners in Manhattan \u2062say \u200btheir businesses suffer significantly due to the chaos spilling onto the streets from\u200d hotels used as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unicef-reports-sharp-increase-in-undocumented-minors\/\" title=\"UNICEF reports sharp increase in undocumented minors\">migrant shelters<\/a>. Migrants have \u200bbeen spotted drinking and using drugs inside the hotels as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Siena College Poll surveyed 800 New York state residents \u200clast week. The margin of error\u200c is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As New York copes with an influx of illegal migrants, a significant 41% of residents favor a southern border wall to address the issue. The state grapples with absorbing the large number of migrants, prompting calls for a wall spanning the entire length of the border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2029624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}