Following Trump’s Victory, NYC Mayor Announced He’s Ending Food Vouchers for Illegals

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EINIGER: "Well, Bill, it’s a program that, as you say, generated plenty of controversy, but now its absence may raise even more questions. The so-called Immediate Response Card Pilot Program was designed to help feed migrant families who’d found themselves in New York with no way to afford food. The one-year contract provided what the city described as culturally relevant food to 2,600 migrant families, allowing them to basically buy what they wanted. A family of four with under two kids under 5 got about $350 per week to cover food in a program the city said would actually save taxpayers millions a year, but also reduce food waste. You may remember the food the city had been providing in migrant shelters was seen as not culturally sensitive to the needs of some migrant groups, and it ended up just going to waste. For more than a year, the city was groaning under the weight of more than 200,000 asylum seekers. Officials say a migrant population has actually reduced lately. In fact, a massive shelter on Roosevelt Island is in the process of closing. In the meantime, Mayor Adams spoke on the phone yesterday with President-Elect Donald Trump, who had vowed during his campaign to mass-deport migrants. Aside from congratulating him on his win, though, Adams today would not say what they discussed."