Rep. Lawler: NY Gov. Hochul’s Handling of Immigrant Crisis ‘Has Been a Disaster’

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LAWLER: "With all due respect to the governor, her handling of this crisis has been a disaster. You have 85,000 people in the New York City shelter system. It was down to 50 prior to this crisis. So, the 10,000 or so people who are going to get TPS status and work authorization, yes, it’s important. Venezuela, obviously, dealing with significant challenges. Most of the migrants coming are coming from Venezuela. But this is a crisis across the country. This is not just about New York. You have 6 million migrants who have crossed our southern border since Joe Biden became president, many of them illegally. These asylum cases, when they are heard two to three years after the fact, 70% of them are being rejected. So, we need to secure or border. We need to stop this massive influx. We need to deal with the asylum cases expeditiously at the border, at the points of entry, at the countries of origin. Just giving work authorization is not solving the problem. Eric Adams has said that it’s going to cost New York City $12 billion over three years and that it is destroying the city. Kathy Hochul just the other day said there is no more room at the inn. So, this isn’t a function of work authorization. This is a function of stopping the massive influx and ultimately reforming our immigration system.”