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New York City Published December 19, 2022 8:33am EST

Eric Adams warns of NYC service cuts

to prioritize migrants as Title 42
expires: 'This can't continue'
Adams says he refuses to be 'forced to choose new arrivals over current New Yorkers'

By Danielle Wallace | Fox News

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams said with the expiration of Title 42, the Big Apple may be
forced to cut public services to prioritize an expected influx of an additional 1,000
migrants arriving every week.

Title 42, the immigration restrictions put in place by the Trump administration in March
2020 to curtail to spread of an infectious disease, has extended during the Biden
administration, blocking hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum in the
U.S. in recent years.

Yet, under a federal court ruling last week, immigration officials can no longer turn back
asylum seekers, and Title 42 is to expire Wednesday despite shelters along the U.S.-
border already packed with thousands of migrants.

"Our shelter system is full, and we are nearly out of money, staff, and space. Truth be told,
if corrective measures are not taken soon, we may very well be forced to cut or curtail

programs New Yorkers rely on, and the pathway to house thousands more is uncertain,"
Adams said in a statement Sunday. "These are not choices we want to make, but they may
become necessary, and refuse to be forced to choose new arrivals over current New
I

Yorkers. I’ll say it again — we need a plan, we need assistance, and we need it now."

ADAMS ACCUSES ABBOTT OF UNDERMINING BLACK MAYOR-LED CITIES BY BUSING

MIGRANTS TO NYC, DC AND CHICAGO

In the past several months, New York City has already received more than 31,000 asylum
seekers and currently has open 60 emergency shelters, four humanitarian relief centers
and two welcome centers. Thousands of migrant children have been placed in schools.
The mayor admitted the city "spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars paying to
cloth, feed, house, and support this deeply in-need population."

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks before the world's largest Hanukkah Menorah is lit on the first night of Hannukah
at Grand Army Plaza on Dec. 18, 2022 in New York City. That same day, Adams issued a statement regarding Title 42.
( Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

"The flow of asylum seekers to New York City has slowed in recent months but the tool
that the federal government has used to manage those coming over the border is set to
expire this week, and we have been told in no uncertain terms that, beginning today, we
should expect an influx of busses coming from the border and that more than 1,000
additional asylum seekers will arrive in New York City every week," Adams said. "We are in
urgent need for help, and it’s time for our state and federal partners to act — especially
those in Congress who refuse to provide the financial resources or issue temporary work
authorizations necessary for these individuals to live properly."

Adams asserted that "New York City has managed this crisis entirely on its own," and the
city's requests from the state and federal government for funding and other assistance
"have been mostly ignored."

Beds are seen in the dormitory during a tour of the Randall's Island Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center
on Oct. 18, 2022, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

"And while the New York federal delegation has repeatedly advocated for funding to be
sent back to New York City, many in Congress — both Republicans and Democrats — have
refused to lift a finger," the mayor said in a statement. "This can’t continue. With the
expiration of Title 42 just days away, we need the federal government — both in the
administration and in Congress — to share their plans to move asylum seekers to other
cities, to allow asylum seekers to work, and to send aid to the cities that have borne the
brunt of this crisis."

Migrants arrive to the Port Authority bus station in New York City on a bus from Texas on Oct. 7, 2022. (Leonardo
Munoz/VIEWpress/Getty Images)

"We need our partners in the state to acknowledge they too have a responsibility here, and
to provide the resources we’ve asked," he added. "We need advocates that speak on behalf
of the most vulnerable to step up and press the state and federal government to act. And
we need New Yorkers to understand that, so far, they have been asked to shoulder this
burden almost entirely alone, despite the fact that this challenge originated far beyond our
city’s borders."

Migrants seen on a bus arriving from Texas to the Port Authority bus station in New York City on Oct. 7, 2022. (Leonardo
Munoz/VIEWpress/Getty Images)

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The mayor of New York issued a statement on Title 42 ahead of Monday’s scheduled
oversight hearing when City Council will hear from the leaders of the city’s departments of
emergency management, health, hospitals, education and other social services regarding
the response to migrants’ needs.

Meanwhile, the city of El Paso, Texas declared a state of emergency Saturday as illegal
,

border crossings have overwhelmed local law enforcement ahead of the upcoming
expiration of Title 42.

Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips
can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.

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