Mayor of New York asks for funds after the arrival of thousands of migrants

The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, asked the US federal government on Tuesday for funds to deal with the overwhelming arrival of thousands of migrants, many from Latin America, who are being sent by bus to the city from states such as Texas or Arizona, and who end up in homeless shelters.

Adams said in a statement that the city’s homeless shelters do not have enough resources to house as many migrants and therefore require additional budget from Washington to be able to offer accommodations to new arrivals.

“In order to fulfill its mandate to serve as a city of refuge and to provide high-quality shelter and services to those who enter our system, New York needs additional federal resources immediately,” Adams wrote.

The mayor said many of the immigrants seeking asylum in the United States arrived on buses at the direction of officials from Texas and Arizona and, in other cases, the federal government. The statement ensures that more than 2,800 immigrants have arrived in New York in recent weeks.

Various media have also reported the arrival of migrants in Washington DC who traveled by bus from southern states of the country.

Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said during a recent television interview that the arrival of migrants in her city “is a significant problem” and that she has asked the federal government to communicate with other states to prevent people “from being tricked into getting on a bus.”

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