More Than 60K Migrants Are Living In NYC Shelters As Mayor Eric Adams Continues To Blame The Biden Administration

New York City Mayor Eric Adams continues to call out the Biden administration over the city’s migrant crisis.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams continues to call out the Biden administration and the federal government at large over the city’s influx of migrants.

Adams, whose approval numbers have hit historic lows, has clashed with Biden often in recent months as he’s begged for federal funds to help the city that never sleeps manage the thousands of migrants that have come and continue to come to the Big Apple.

The Daily Mail reports more than 67,000 migrants are living in New York City shelters, more than triple the 21,000 migrants living in the city last year. On Sunday, Adams told ABC7 that he couldn’t understand why the Biden administration has ignored his repeated pleas.

“I find it baffling because now you are hearing the coalitions that started with Eric, now it has gone to Chicago, Massachusetts, Denver… so many municipalities are joining me and saying this is impacting our city, so I’m not sure why we’re not seeing a response.”

Adams added that his strategy for the migrant issue would be to ship migrants across the country.

‘We tell them, “Here’s where you’re going to go for a three-year period to stabilize yourself,”’ Adams said. “This way, instead of having 140,000 coming here or a thousand coming to Chicago, we’re spreading it out throughout the entire country.

“We have 108,000 towns, villages, and cities across America. In my view, many people are dealing with population issues, employment issues, and they want migrants and asylum seekers that can work because we are a city and a country of immigrants.”

As much as Adams wants to blame the Biden administration, he has made his own missteps regarding migrants in New York. That includes giving a no-bid contract to DocGo, a migrant services contractor under investigation and whose CEO resigned.

Additionally, Adams has wasted millions of dollars building up and breaking down migrant tent camps that barely housed migrants, including one that was built for 1,000 migrants on a beach parking lot in The Bronx that flooded after less than an inch of rain fell, the outlet reports. The mayor has also been forced to reverse plans to house migrants in elementary school gyms amid protests by parents, and even migrants have refused to shelter at some tent camps because the locations are transportation deserts that most New Yorkers avoid.

The Senate has canceled its holiday recess to work on a border security package and foreign aid package that includes money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and much-needed immigration reform. However, it will be tough sledding as politicians on both sides will likely oppose a deal. Republicans have drawn up their own immigration bill, and progressive Democrats are likely to oppose any border restrictions. Adams estimated the city would spend $12 billion over the next three years to handle the influx of migrants, leading to cuts to the city’s education budget, plans to close libraries on weekends, and cancel a new NYPD class.