“Let me tell you something New Yorkers, never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see an ending to — I don’t see an ending to this…This issue will destroy New York City.”
This dire warning last September, just six months ago, from Mayor Eric Adams predicting that New York City was headed for destruction because of the euphemistically termed “migrant crisis.”
Adams didn’t stop there, “Every community in this city is going to be impacted. We have a $12 billion deficit that we’re going to have to cut — every service in this city is going to be impacted. All of us.” All of that is true, and the $12 billion also happens to be the amount city officials say the migrants will cost the city in just over three years.
Despite those catastrophic warnings, what have the New York Democrats done in the last six months? They decided to work on distributing prepaid debit cards to hundreds of illegal immigrants already enjoying free hotel rooms in New York City. The distribution of the prepaid cards to 500 migrant families is just the pilot for a $53 million program, which they intend to expand. I guess that $12 billion deficit that was going to kill the city needed a little booster shot. And yes, Mayor Adams, the “migrant crisis” won’t have an ending when you keep creating incentives for people to come.
The cards, we are told, are supposed to be used only for food and baby products only. The illegal immigrant has to sign an “affidavit” promising to use it only for that. Okey-dokey. And we’re assured city bureaucrats will keep an eye on what they’re using it for, and they can revoke the cards if abused. Sure.
Many simply wish that politicians, when spending our tax dollars, would have the same empathy for American citizens as they do illegal immigrants. But for some reason, that’s not the case with the Democrats. For perspective, Bryan Llenas at Fox News reported the $53 million prepaid card scheme is more than twice what New York state plans on spending in 2025 for:
- Department of Veterans Services $21M
- Office of National and Community Service: $18M
- Division of Human Rights: $25M
- Cancer Services Program: 19.8M
During the pilot, the migrant families will receive the card pre-loaded with up to $350 a week for six weeks. In one month, illegal immigrants could receive $1400 in what is essentially food stamps. And yet, Newsweek reports, “The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) predicted in October 2023 that the average monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amount given to a recipient would be $219 for a single-person household for 2024. The average for a family of four will be $713, meaning that if the prediction is correct, the migrant cards are loaded with at least twice that…”
Free hotel rooms. Free prepaid debit cards. Free healthcare. It almost seems as though Democrats want the crisis to continue. Biden’s actions certainly indicate that. Last month we finally saw the result of Biden’s open border and the success of the incentives offered by blue states. In figures that come from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) we now know, “Nearly 7.3 million migrants have illegally crossed the southwest border under President Biden’s watch, a number greater than the population of 36 individual states…” Moreover, “Taken together, nearly 10 million migrants have crossed into the U.S. illegally during the Biden administration, a record Biden’s critics assert could only be achieved by intentionally refusing to enforce the law.”
Make no mistake, this is a deliberate policy as the Democrats were shocked by Trump’s success at re-gaining control of our borders and the immigration process. This catastrophe is by design and meant to not only punish Americans for daring to want secure borders, but appears to be an effort to make it impossible to regain control of the country’s immigration process. It is the ultimate gambit to make America’s sovereignty, and American citizenship, meaningless.
Important values, customs, and laws are being crushed under the boots of the Democrats—financial independence gone, privacy gone, censorship thriving, squatting mocks the sanctity of home ownership, classical education destroyed, police abandoned, military unprepared, and now foreign nationals valued more than our veterans, seniors, and disadvantaged.
In the meantime, Adams has also announced that body scanners will be placed in the subway to catch “bad people carrying bad weapons.” Now innocent, law-abiding people will have to be body scanned to get into the subway because New York defunded the police, won’t arrest the “bad guys,” and when they do they release them right away. Maybe we could spend that $53 million for illegal immigrants on more transit cops instead. But no, that would ruin the point of using chaos to “fundamentally change” the United States while expanding the totalitarian boot of government.
Tammy Bruce, an Independent Conservative, has traversed a unique political journey that reflects her commitment to principles rather than party affiliations. She joined Fox News in 2005 as a Political Contributor, hosting her show “Get Tammy Bruce” on Fox Nation and providing insightful commentary on various issues for the Association for Mature Americans (AMAC).
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