Migrants sleep on NYC sidewalks as shelters run out of room

Asylum seekers have been sleeping on New York City sidewalks as the city's Mayor Eric Adams says that shelters are out of room. The migrants have been sitting outside of the Roosevelt Hotel for days sharing what food they have with each other. NBC News' Ellison Barber has the details.
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[@AlonzoMerced]

I'm a US Army Veteran that can't get housing assistance so I guess I'll stand in line behind all these people......

[@williamroyer4669]

Bring American businesses back from China build as massive businesses sector somewhere

[@ralphz1238]

These illegal criminals migrants must move on to canada or better yet let them sleep in front 0f White House The message to them is who cares of you criminal starve

[@RosalindGash]

I find your claim hard to believe, because the VA has housing assistance programs for veterans. If you really can't get housing assistance it's probably because where you live has a massive wait list that is years long. Contact the VA and ask them about a housing program for vets called HUD-Vash that's a special type of Section 8 for veterans. You might get housing priority, but I'm not sure. Also, you might want to consider temporary relocation to a sparsely populated state where there are short wait lists, or no wait lists at all, to get on the HUD-Vash/Section 8 program. You don't have to already live in the other city to apply for a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher from them, but you will have to move to that city and live there for a year to get the voucher. After that year, though, you can relocate with your voucher.

[@radjedi2010]

Pick yourself up by your bootstraps. Why would you want government assistance, isn’t that socialism? Get a job and stop mooching, right?

[@CrowSpirit1977]

That's FKed UP brother, I know!

[@lesliesmart4595]

Send them back. This is insane! Our own citizens are homeless and need help first.

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Which homeless? None doesn't want to stay in a shelter but YOU don't want to stay in the kitchen. Make me a Sammich...

[@jonathanjacobs5783]

The USA been bombing people for the last 70 years.. same with other countries .. so all these migrants got on a zoom call and decide to come here all at once.. seems coordinated.. LOL

[@rda6029]

​@@imrytebeehyneukeep on repeating those BS open borders talking points and one day you may actually believe it!

[@gonzaloarvietti4920]

Yes Send em back

[@honeyFoxx420]

​@@imrytebeehyneuwhat You crying about

[@BennyB5555]

Their bling, clothes, shoes, bags are nicer than anything I own! 🙄 Send them back!

[@FernandoLopez-em4zx]

It sounds like you should be paid more. The top 0.01% percent owns 11% of the world's economy. Why are we fighting against people who are poorer than us?

[@Christina_320]

No kidding, right.

[@carribgirl007]

​@@FernandoLopez-em4zxbecause she is a typical Karen.

[@ericperry8309]

That's what I'm saying these guys got Nikes and up-to-date jeans on bags that are up to date yet they want to come to this country and overcrowd the place

[@ronbluthe310]

College grad, can't afford my own apartment, student loan payments coming up, no Healthcare but I should be concerned with these people?

[@___Anakin.Skywalker]

Cuz you black an we endure?? I'm liteskins tho

[@SunnyWithNoChanceOfRain]

I agree 100,000%

[@rayharvey1330]

Liberal Democrats respond...Yes, you need to give more.😮

[@mike-lj1uu]

Biden Remorse Yet?

[@mermaidlu5125]

We shouldn’t as US citizens lets mind out business and let the Govt deal with their mess

[@tramavan]

I will never understand how this government decides it’s best to process all of these asylum seekers rather than the people already here in NYC that have legally paid taxes and contributed to this city and State. A friend of mine has been here 37 years; she pays taxes to the IRS on her own with an ITIN number and still no word on when she’ll become a legal citizen of this country we all love. I’m an American citizen that is really hurt and confused about this. Not fair to those that are here and contribute way more than receive benefits from any government source. Shame !

[@max420thc]

You probably voted democrat, just shut up.

[@eelnoops5200]

none of them are here legally.

[@malcriadamedina5358]

These people are a million times worse off then you're friend. Your friend is also welcome to go to sleep in the street like these folks for a chance to sleep on a cot

[@ronjohnson9032]

Future voters.

[@malcriadamedina5358]

@@ronjohnson9032 yeah 50 years from now

[@jammingbay]

They came in illegally & they're complaining about inhumane treatment? This is madness!

[@sheryl-ks3nd]

How dare they complain about anything. They came here illegally, and want same benefits as us, no one told them to come here. Oh wait, biden told them to come here.

[@calicookin9166]

Un soldiers there in every big city

[@mbahgugel271]

First,what is the cause they came to US ? War, political condition or famine ? Who created those conditions in their countries ?

[@erenestawanjiru1935]

America Has Sowed Some Very Wonderful Seeds In America..It's time To Enjoy The Harvest...No Time To Complain Americaaaa.

[@jakeknapp6833]

Calicookin they shouldn’t been every city no thanks

[@lermz76]

I feel bad to see them sleeping outside please send them back home

[@birsay123]

just imagine travelling to a foreign country with no money and then deciding to sleep on the sidewalk until someone gives you free food and shelter. You would be thrown in jail for vagrancy.

[@diablo666541]

Australia won't let you in if do t have source of income because they a anti destitution laws .if they feel the person trying enter no food no money or income will likely become destitute they immediately will deny them entry n send m on next scheduled flight back to their country

[@blackdiamond2977]

@@diablo666541 - Those same laes exist hete but the slave owner party (Demoncrats abs RINO'O) don't follow those laws.

[@user-rq8tb3hn1v]

if your gonna invade a foreign country and not follow the law to be hear , who dose that , i travel on vacation and make sure i have a plan a, b , and c , if ya feel like they are mis treated then go pic up 1 or 2 of them and take care of them , what do you think is going to happen ? we cannot take care of them , and we cant cities are going broke , the are going to go into survival mode , need to eat and desperate , so weather you want them or not they are going to do what ever it takes to eat and survive , and the only way that will happen is to forcibly take it from you if ya don't give it up Human nature , I have employed many Mexicans the are hard working and have good family values for the most part , but our government is setting them up for failure , and you have to ask yourself why , they are demonizing cities that are going to go bankrupt , they cant afford it , has our federal government gave these cities any funding , the writing is on the wall people , they are going to end up at your house , and taking from you what they need to survive , it doesn't take a degree in economics to see what is happening !!! WE THE PEOPLE !!

[@First_Stop_the_Bleed]

We don't have enough affordable housing for U.S. Citizens. N.Y. is going to look like Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle.

[@brailrice]

That’s the plan Stan.

[@gookawild5543]

Filled with tents and drug addicts?

[@kiddadd]

But we should.

[@tetethatsme28]

On their way there

[@DemocratsrPDFfiles]

Elections have consequences 😂 reap it 👍

[@malindagatzke7959]

Americans have been sleeping out side for yrs this is the life they chose to live when they came here uninvited

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Anti-social, aren't cha?

[@max420thc]

Democrats invited them.

[@user-py1lc3qx1y]

Unless your NATIVE AMERICAN your a hypocrite cause ur not truly American either 😂

[@SnowsStorm1]

@@imrytebeehyneu no just someone who loves my own people

[@mousiem4864]

Look at all those young , healthy, and strong looking men who chose to come to our country to beg and insist we take care of their every need, when they could have stayed in their own country and fought to make things better.

[@distantraveller9876]

You're american, your country was literally built on the back of slaves and people of color. Cope harder, we are not going anywhere.

[@DFerrante-nz6sk]

Absolutely!

[@thebestofthebest6858]

This is what happens when evil intentions are disguised as "compassion". Only evil minds can think of exploiting poor people to be used as insurance for political power.

[@SunnyWithNoChanceOfRain]

Yup yup yup. Discernment = 💯

[@BCNeil]

A democrat even said it, 99% of these illegal migrants will vote blue for life.

[@Eric-nh2yb]

100%

[@FlockOfYahweh]

I heard something about voting gets you a place to stay but idk

[@fujidenzo_kid4147]

I would give you a standing ovation but im typing on the internet. But this is brilliant. 🤜

[@debbieclaassen212]

These are economic migrants - not true people in danger, the true definition of asylum. They must go back. This is a slippery slope.

[@lisab.1595]

Exactly, there are no bombs going off in their country or bullets flying. Maybe if they stopped multiplying like rabbits , they could afford to support themselves. Don't come here, shove your kids in everybody's face for sympathy.

[@thebubbacontinuum2645]

So true.

[@DarkPassenger]

Too late for that. This administration has already allowed over a million of these "Non asylum qualifying" migrants into the country with nothing more than a court day that they won't show up to. A lot of them don't have court dates till 2033. Why do you think they just keep invading our country? They know they'll get in no matter what.

[@Tobi-kr1yp]

Ive worked with these people and they only come to collect a check, not work. They dont care about anything other then reaping as much as they can.

[@cryhavoc6106]

Well you know Americans are making too much money and labors through the roof. Gotta keep that labor down you know.

[@waynehall8920]

She sounds so heart broken and Concerned about illegals sleeping on the street, Did She ever do a story on homeless Americans (NO) They made their Choice to come in illegally.

[@jamalwilburn228]

She doesn't care. She goes back home to her multi-million dollar condo and gets ready for the next script

[@jaime107w]

But they aren’t here illegally. They are legally seeking asylum.

[@tramavan]

Technically they are legally able to stay here. Most of these people have a court hearing to decide whether or not to concede the legal status. They do have to prove that where they come from is no good beyond reasonable doubt to be accepted here. If they can’t prove it then they get deported.

[@cowboyx9380]

@@jaime107wThey entered illegally…therefore they are illegals…98% of them will be denied asylum, as they are not fleeing a war or persecution, just tryin to make $$….

[@max420thc]

Who’s paying for all of this genius? You voted for this you pay sucker ,

[@henrysantos121]

I really feel so sorry for this country,

[@rayharvey1330]

Anyone who voted for BIDEN should have to house a group of migrants in their house...starting with AOC, Nancy Pelosi and George Soros.🤡🤡🤡

[@srebaayao9616]

don't feel sorry. you voted for this.

[@mermaidlu5125]

@@srebaayao9616not everyone votes and some votes don’t count use your brain

[@joshuaelliott7412]

State*

[@saminvan]

It is entertaining for others

[@tommycasidy3031]

We're all struggling to make ends meet living paycheck to paycheck. Lets all shed a tear for the pharmacist, Poor José 😢

[@danielgallimore1502]

Our homeless been sleeping on the streets for decades and we just stepped over them.are we supposed to feel sorry for them.send them home we dont owe them anything..

[@VOAN]

Most of those homeless choose to live that way. Yes there are some that does need help but the majority of them just wanted to be homeless. I know cause I met some of them and they said they rather live that lifestyle than having a home and paying rent or mortgage. You really can't help people that don't want to be help.

[@danielgallimore1502]

@@VOAN yeah but we dont owe there people anything..we have enough problems here.the they spend millions on these people but cut funding for schools and programs.this is crazy

[@GET-OUT-OF-LIFE-ALIVE]

Who did y'all vote for...

[@danielgallimore1502]

@@googleuser4507 spoken like a true foreigner..we dont owe yall crap

[@osvaldorubalcava9721]

no point wasting money sending them back if they’re just gonna come back easily. Put them to work or volunteer. Many jobs available

[@robinjackson8554]

Where is the outrage concerning homeless NYC residents, why aren't these politicians helping the mentally ill and homeless residents of NYC, as they languish on city streets and in the subway system? As the old adage states, "charity begins at home."

[@tinytim4657]

That is what I say. The borders should be closed

[@briankroger7879]

You're getting what you voted for, so stop complaining.

[@PopCultureCarnivore1]

I agree. America is so backwards.

[@day1light167]

This is the absolute strategic dismantling of the America that is no more. We are not observing the enshrined ideal 'give me your poor.' We are observing a poor America selling its melting pot melted citizens empty bottles of snake oil marked down 50% after being over price 200%.😮.

[@topoppzay898]

@@briankroger7879not everyone on here from nyc🤣🤡

[@theblackeconomist2344]

Smh I can’t help but to think about all the New Yorkers that could’ve really used that assistance or a space in that shelter but it’s been giving away and paid for by the tax dollars of the very people they refuse to help. It’s criminal really. I would protest but I can’t do it alone we need to all come together and throw these people out of our government like other nations do

[@fujidenzo_kid4147]

Just like what my hardworking Filipino dad who is already in Hawaii said " If I can migrate the legal and the right way, why cant they?" Stop giving people a hand out

[@21truthbetold]

I would never want to be in this situation, however, we have a homelessness problem in America. Why is this “inhumane treatment” for migrants, but the Americans who are homeless are ignored?

[@mischievousmuffin5568]

America is being destroyed on purpose

[@davidclark3304]

Because American homeless are more likely to be on the street due to drug abuse.

[@alexisquinana2189]

Most of them choose to be homeless

[@Summer-tv7rz]

@@alexisquinana2189 Stop lying!

[@joycepino5346]

​@@alexisquinana2189I agree. If they wanted to be off the streets they would do something to find a home.

[@saragerald6916]

no no no. WE CANT EXPEDITE. THEY NEED TO LEAVE

[@seydoup5437]

Get ready millions more are coming,trust me the word got out that the border is wide open,people are selling their cars,houses belongings to take the journey,there are forums on social media about the itinerary

[@VVVV-ug1pz]

Lol yep!!!!

[@tracyking7539]

Asap

[@honeyFoxx420]

How many of them are terrorist and actually hate America more attacks coming soon

[@juliewatson4314]

Yes!!

[@CrisFerAcosta]

I came from South America LEGALLY, and it’s so sad and disappointing that I had to wait for years to come, I prepared, studied, learned the language, I applied to my visa, I came and I’ve been paying taxes, helping this country with my job (I work with poor communities in upstate New York) and waiting more than 2 years for my mom’s visa because we do everything legally, and it’s so sad to see how these people come illegally and get job permits and benefits so easy without even applying for a visa, they didn’t even tried legal ways, and now they’re accepted and protected by this country while thousands of legal residents and Americans are struggling, and now all of us we have to pay even more taxes to help the ones that don’t pay taxes and that never respect the immigration laws? If they didn’t respect the US laws coming to this country, then getting benefits, how they’re going to respect the laws in the future? Decaying country if this doesn’t change.

[@sundown6715]

America needs to take care of the homeless first before anyone else. The drug use problem. Etc....

[@albertreynolds9287]

I agree with you this isn't right

[@MrZakatista]

Accommodation, food, utilities, health care AND mental health services - wow! I struggle to see the upside of being here legally.

[@grazz7865]

A lot of people recommended reverse immigration. Jump the fence the other way then walk in through the border. You’ll get way more than working check to check for 99% of your life.

[@grayryuuski]

@@marciestoddard730you think these asylum seekers are required to have ID or any paperwork for that matter? You are whoever you say you are.

[@robertaftrimmer4949]

I lost my documents in the jungle - gator ate 'em ...

[@markhope4993]

The flood of immigrants at our borders today is neither an accident nor a surprise. It Cloward and piven, sociology professors at Columbia University, wrote that capitalism should be collapsed by overloading the government with financial demands that could not be met. The strategy is to collapse the financial system. The tactic is chaos. If a crisis does not exist, create one. The more chaos the better. The solution is always couched in empathetic words like “fair,” “equal,” “humane” and “just.”  Women and children look through a box of cloths that were donated by volunteers at the Greyhound bus terminal, Thursday, May 29, 2014 in Phoenix. About 400 mostly Central American women and children caught crossing from Mexico into south Texas were flown to Arizona this weekend after border agents there ran out of space and resources. Officials then dropped hundreds of them off at Phoenix and Tucson Greyhound stations, overwhelming the stations and humanitarian groups who were trying to help. In 1967 Cloward and Piven founded the National Welfare Rights Organization to increase the numbers of people on the welfare rolls. Through a series of sit-ins, demonstrations, picket lines and occasional rock throwing, smashed glass and broken furniture they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. By the 1970’s there was one person on welfare in New York City for every two working in the private sector. The city declared bankruptcy in 1975. Project Vote was formed to organize the voter’s rights movement to take up the “unfinished business” of the 1965 Voters Rights Act. ACORN and Human SERVE were formed to expand on the work of the National Welfare Rights Organization. Those three organizations began lobbying for the Motor-Voter law to swamp our voter rolls with names that would never vote, but whose names would be on the rolls so others could vote in their stead. When President Bill Clinton signed the bill in 1993 Cloward and Piven were standing behind him. ACORN is the most prominent of the organizations formed by Cloward and Piven. President Barack Obama was ACORN’s lawyer. They have received millions of dollars from the federal government and charitable organizations for working on the census, voter registration, affordable housing and other organizing efforts. ACORN’s biggest success was in lobbying for the expansion of housing on behalf of the poor. The financial collapse of 2008 can be traced to government decisions. The Community Reinvestment Act of 1979 required banks to make loans in poor neighborhoods. Under pressure from the Clinton White House in 1999, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lowered their credit standards on mortgages. Proposals by the Bush Administration to put Fannie and Freddie under closer supervision were opposed by Democrats in Congress.  A U.S. Border Patrol canine team stands nearby after they helped detain a group of undocumented immigrants near the U.S.-Mexico border on April 11, 2013 near Mission, Texas. Agents say they have also seen an additional surge in immigrant traffic since immigration reform negotiations began this year in Washington D.C. Proposed reforms could provide a path to citizenship for many of the estimated 11 million undocumented workers living in the United States. Credit: Getty Images In response to the chaos created by the financial meltdown, $2 trillion was spent saving Wall Street from their own bad decisions, covering the salaries of public union employees and expanding welfare and unemployment benefits. The shovel ready jobs that were promised are still undone so the Left demands more spending. After dozens of ACORN employees were indicted on charges of voter fraud, their funding dried up and they were disbanded. Today, in keeping with the Cloward-Piven Strategy, a new crisis is being manufactured by President Obama. There is chaos at the Southern border. Two years ago the president stopped deportation efforts of young immigrants who came to the country illegally. We have had active programs in Mexico informing those who come to our country how to apply for food stamps. The welcoming word is out regarding illegal entry also. The New York Times reported last week that an illegal immigrant youth said: “If you make it, they take you to a shelter and take care of you.” A mother with her child told Channel 5 News that the message being disseminated in their country is, “go to America with your child, you won’t be turned away.”  Central American immigrants ride north on top of a freight train on August 6, 2013 near Juchitan, Mexico. Thousands of Central American migrants ride the trains, known as ‘la bestia’, or the beast, during their long and perilous journey through Mexico to reach the U.S. border. Some of the immigrants are robbed and assaulted by gangs who control the train tops, while others fall asleep and tumble down, losing limbs or perishing under the wheels of the trains. Only a fraction of the immigrants who start the journey in Central America will traverse Mexico completely unscathed - and all this before illegally entering the United States and facing the considerable U.S. border security apparatus designed to track, detain and deport them. Credit: Getty Images Children are crossing the border in astonishing numbers and an additional 230,000 children are expected over the next 24 months. Border officials fear that this is just the tip of the iceberg. The federal government is shipping illegal families to Phoenix from Texas by the planeload and illegals from Central America are being bussed from the Mexican border to Phoenix and released on the street corners. They will all overload our health care system, our welfare rolls and our schools. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said that the administration is committed to escalating lawlessness at the border. President Obama has called it “an urgent humanitarian situation.” Attorney General Holder said that amnesty is a civil right and has initiated a program to hire an additional 100 attorneys to represent these children in the immigration process. Richard Cloward has died. His partner and wife, Francis Fox Piven, serves as the honorary chairmanof the Democratic Socialists of America. The Cloward-Piven Strategy is alive and well in the care of President Obama who is superintending the chaos on the border. He took office promising to transform America. This will do it.  

[@Blissful-es1kk]

@@grayryuuski Exactly, they can make up any name, and any identity.

[@adrienebailey9010]

No money for food or shelter but paid thousands of dollars to come here and sleep in the streets.

[@lisab.1595]

Yeah, makes you wonder about that, doesn't it? Try going to a country where you don't speak the language and are totally penniless and see how much free stuff you get.

[@colleenpeck6347]

REAL asylum seekers don't have thousands of dollars to spend!

[@exquisitekind8055]

Welcome to America!!!

[@adrean3693]

Honestly, blame the government. We have enough of our own problems we don’t need anymore.

[@IAMBENNYBLANCO.]

keep voting democRAT 🎉🎉 😂

[@missshaneezh]

This is what happens when you come to a country where you were asked not to come.

[@mandalovescatspandas1781]

What an absolute fire-storm our politicians have created 😔

[@sv4996]

You misspelled shitstorm

[@1WVaMomma]

Democrats! Not all politicians approve!

[@mandalovescatspandas1781]

@@1WVaMomma you definitely have a point. Come to America! To suffer Just horrific. I feel terrible and helpless for these people

[@yahuchanonyakov]

You got that right!

[@kauetadaieski3131]

You mean open border politicians you voted for? SaNcTuArY cItY

[@charmainnosworthy1195]

So what about the American citizens who are homeless? I’m from the UK and used to travel to NY and I would see homeless Americans. I don’t think I would ever go back.

[@BrandyTexas214]

You should see it here now. I’m from the wealthy DFW suburbs (I live in an apt though) and we’ve never seen homeless people here but there’s a lot now. So many in some parks I stopped taking my kids.

[@exquisitekind8055]

Exactly! They rather help immigrants from other countries rather than 1dt help the Americans people

[@albertreynolds9287]

I was going to go to new York for visit

[@motivatingvibes]

We have homeless people here in the USA who are sleeping on the streets yet we help others who are here illegally

[@amberpappi]

Trouble is as we are seeing here in the UK is that there is no end to the people coming. No end

[@distantraveller9876]

I doubt anyone is willingly trying to get into the UK unless they already have family there. The quality of life in the UK is essentially the same as a third world country at this point, except third world countries actually have beaches and beautiful landscapes.

[@crand20033]

Gonna get worse for you with that African earthquake and flood. They'll build boats out of the rubble.

[@mattsmith4589]

5:29 What!?! New York can’t even afford mental healthcare for its actual residents

[@tammypennington9495]

It's so sad...BUT we don't even have room and resources for our own! ❤

[@suen5006]

Not true!! We choose to spend our money on stupid things. This is a choice.

[@dav0n]

Exactly why are they taking in more while not even helping their own. I genuinely don’t get it!

[@gram01]

​@@suen5006some of Americans not ma'am

[@SnowsStorm1]

@@suen5006i agree we spend money on a lot of foolish things but when it comes down to it, it didn't make sense that we are spending upwards of 150 billion a year on illegal immigrants when we have out own needs.

[@exquisitekind8055]

Fact's!

[@marleengevers]

Unfortunately, same situation all over Europe. It doesn't stay limited to the capitals or cities, even in smaller towns you could find migrants sleeping rough or in self-made tent camps.

[@willylao5430]

Dregs of the world.

[@lovelife7343]

I have some amazing coworkers from samalia they waited 8 to 12 years to be accepted into the United States and paid $10,000 per person to get here. Also they had to have family sponsor them and maintain an apartment ready for there arrival. Whats hapening now is crazy and not financially sustainable for this country to continue. It is also disrespectful to the people who entered this country the honest and fair way.

[@shanestewart9232]

What did they expect.... milk and honey? You going to a country where you have no one... WHAT WERE THEY EXPECTING?

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Freedom

[@Yougofirst117]

Freedom

[@shanestewart9232]

What freedom? They passed through a lot of countries where it's free... freedom is relative here as many people here are in financial bondage... it's not a bed of roses, as they are finding out...

[@sigmaramen]

Access to the native (predominantly white) female population, per UN's replacement migration. They're not even hiding that it's all men anymore. The Kalergi plan is in action.

[@Lisa-my5sy]

They are here illegally

[@veronicalombardi2443]

No sympathy. They put themselves into this situation. AND….. Disgusted with the government that brought this to the fore, and perpetuates this stupidity.

[@mischievousmuffin5568]

America is being destroyed on purpose

[@maggiesanford8324]

In any Muslim country you would be denied, but then Muslims take over here, vowing to overturn laws that give LGBT Americans the few civil rights that they have. That is who needs to get out of here.

[@MsAwesome6814]

Imagine if all of this was put in place for real Americans, they could actually get relief. Can we seek asylum from our own country?

[@user-if6hf7ky1t]

According to the reporter, New York has migrants from Congo, Ivory Coast and other parts of west Africa. I’m confused as to how migrants who are seeking asylum manage to travel to the USA, both economically and without presenting visa and other travellers documents? I always thought the USA customs had very stringent requirements in place before entry, or are they travelling to Mexico first then travelling over the border that way? …. I’m confused because the African mass migration is happening through small boats across the Mediterranean and then English Channel, etc…..it’s a far less complicated journey than travelling to the USA. Judging by the images from the news reports in New York, there seems to be far more Africans than Hispanic people…..I’m not commenting on the rights or wrongs of it, I’m not American, I’m just genuinely curious as to how Africans are managing to end up in New York, if they are paperless, as upon arriving in Europe. ✌🏻

[@valentinawilliams6848]

People come here everyday with no background checks. All pass mistakes behind them. US citizens are forever penalized for petty mistakes I.e. ( as teenagers or young adults) which allows those new to the country to prosper with a clean slate, while those from America become stagnant and lose hope….

[@BCNeil]

Its true I know a guy that can't get jobs because he had a DUI when he was in college. These migrants can be murderers and it won't slow them down getting jobs.

[@Fernscape]

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[@sirmadam8183]

Total chaos. This what happens when you break the rules and come here illegally. Less than 6% end up qualifying for asylum status. It's not fair to break the rules and come here illegally.

[@MeMe-lx2jw]

Yeah, but they get rewarded for it. They've been sleeping in the street so your mayor and extort the federal govt. He just got something like $130 million for these illegal immigrants and, as far as he's concerned, taxpayers can starve to death.

[@mischievousmuffin5568]

America is being destroyed on purpose. This is a tool of destruction.

[@Martin-dk9wv]

This is what happens when you vote for the democrats.

[@AhJodie]

These did not come here illegally; they are trying to follow the rules.

[@luzesquivel2660]

They get asylum. Then on time they turn against the Country, I have seen that." WE ARE HERE TO STAY. WE ARE GOING NO WHERE "

[@citrine65]

NYC Mayor has been given $$$$$ for this situation and is asking for billions more which will disappear.

[@truthbetold-du7zr]

How did they think they were going to survive once they got here?

[@202fly2]

But don't we need our shelters for our own united States citizens ? I was previously homeless for a few months and it was jammed packed and no resources available so why does our government continue to allow all of our resources for non citizens? And giving it all to other countries?

[@ktiffany5339]

A friend of mine was an asylum seeker but the city didn’t provide him anything, no food or no shelter. Why does the city have to provide food and shelter for those people? Why are they so special???

[@rayharvey1330]

The real question: Why didn't we have this problem when TRUMP was president?

[@RawOlympia]

@@rayharvey1330 BINGO!!!

[@JohnnyPartainJr]

Don't ask yourself that. Ask why they don't help AMERICAN HOMELESS?

[@cynthiaroark1778]

Wish I had the chance to get a free room at the Roosevelt Hotel! Instead I’m a life-long citizen and a disabled former school teacher forced into early “retirement” because I was physically attacked at work. I live by selling everything I’ve ever owned at flea markets for pennies on the dollar, cleaning houses, walking dogs, whatever work I can get. No health insurance because I can’t afford the premiums. Afraid of losing my apartment even though it’s mold-infested and the landlord won’t clean it up. Make a few pennies more than what’s required to get MediCal or welfare or other types of aid. Yet my tax dollars are going to house illegal immigrants, pay their medical bills, bus them across the country, etc. Asylum seekers?! Come on! They admit it’s better in their own countries. America, take care of your own tax paying citizens! And I never remember voting for all of this! Someone’s profiting from this mess and it sure isn’t us ordinary citizens!

[@runriotbunny]

the national solution is to CLOSE THE BORDER

[@anastasia10017]

if that guy is a pharmacist, why didnt he come to the US the legal way ?

[@lionelwilliams677]

Maybe he’s a self taught pharmacist 👀🤣

[@FC-qe1wl]

@@lionelwilliams677 Drug dealer

[@nkotbsouth]

@@lionelwilliams677 "street pharmacist" 👀

[@lionelwilliams677]

@@nkotbsouth yes 😂 he just came to open his new distribution center in the heart ❤️ of New York City of course 🤣

[@user-gj8mn4ce8d]

You obviously don’t know what had been going on in Venezuela do you ??? American ignorance at its finest !

[@clarkisaac6372]

Sending them home, any country can not stand illegal entry.

[@imrytebeehyneu]

What countries

[@bryanmannoia8410]

@@imrytebeehyneu every one but ours.

[@imrytebeehyneu]

@@bryanmannoia8410 name three

[@willboxing8254]

Why doesn’t the media start showing the truth that it’s mostly men and not just from Mexico but from Haiti and other countries

[@olund88]

WHO is paying for their housing and meals and healthcare ?and WHY is it OWED to these people?

[@c.s.440]

Did she just say a piece of cardboard is the only thing separating them from the concrete? Psh! They still have it better than the homeless!

[@Treman262]

Mayor said that soon, this will be coming to a neighborhood near you. That very much sounds like a threat. This is the man who is supposed to be serving the law abiding tax paying citizens of New York City.

[@BrandyTexas214]

They’re going to be putting these people in our parks, rec centers and anywhere they can pop up a tent soon.. this is bad for all of us and we’ve been shouting this for years. The very same people complaining about it now were ok with open borders when it was all on Texas

[@porterwake3898]

Liberals want more than anything to send these people to conservative areas. They want to destroy peaceful communities.

[@labretbear]

As if NYC didn't have enough to handle ...unbelievable

[@gemininyte279]

These people aren't refugees, they look so well dressed and happy. Just trying to take advantage of the good will of people that's all. Make them sit outside for the next 3 months and say at any time they can take a bus ticket back home. I'm sure they will change their minds quickly

[@mrsmith8737]

The crazy thing about this is that regular New Yorkers that are homeless and sleeping on the street or on the subway that DIDN’T sneak into the country illegally and are American citizens WONT be getting a room in this hotel and you WONT hear them talking about this on the news; what’s wrong with THAT picture?????😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@SelfRighteousNewAgeLightWorker]

Bums all around. 😃

[@markhartung]

Democratic politicians and Biden allowed this to happen is what's wrong with this picture sir. Think long and hard where you put your vote in 2024.....

[@LoveCisse]

Everything is wrong with that picture

[@lionelwilliams677]

He wearing Versace sunglasses but sleeping on the ground ? Can’t afford a room SMH 🤦‍♂️ Miguel not in need

[@robertaftrimmer4949]

Starting to get sus huh

[@lionelwilliams677]

@@robertaftrimmer4949 they be straight having all the labels 🏷️ I done seen Dior ? Prada , Fendi, and now Versace so…… his friend can send him a plane ticket but wont house him ? Miguel’s eyeing free benefits and free room and board.

[@Sammy-il1qf]

They are all economic migrants! Can't find a job in their own countries so trying America. This is not what asylum is about!!

[@imrytebeehyneu]

You know those are fake

[@lionelwilliams677]

@@imrytebeehyneu not necessarily they do get governmental cash 💵 I’ve seen them shopping 🛍️ in the high end boutiques not the Africans but the Cubans and Venezuelans

[@Orlando-ym6hi]

What a mess

[@misturdean3189]

2016 - "We're a sanctuary city! All immigrants are welcome!" 2023 - "NO NOT LIKE THAT! STOP COMING PLEASE!"

[@jaxxonjinx6763]

These people came from hot tropical climates. That New York cold is going set in a few months.

[@saragerald6916]

WHO CARES?

[@cocosheabuttarosemaryqueen9204]

Maybe they'll go back home then

[@jaxxonjinx6763]

@@cocosheabuttarosemaryqueen9204 That’s what I was saying without being blunt. 😂🤣

[@cocosheabuttarosemaryqueen9204]

@@jaxxonjinx6763 lol

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Until next year. It's always hot. Even in december

[@robertmcgowan4149]

Vote these clowns out, or else our city is finished.

[@valuecalc]

Unfortunately, there are too many people in this horrible situation. Shelters? Space isn't unlimited. And what about homeless Americans?

[@lalodaniels1388]

The local NY city government needs to be voted out and replaced. They have clearly shown that they are incapable and unqualified for the job.

[@sthcalguy3024]

Hold up. How did a dude from Cuba sneak into America and then get onto an American airline flight to New York? 😂 That didn't even seem strange to the "NBC reporter." 😂

[@bethanywashington1243]

YOu don’t need to sneak in if your from Cuba

[@exquisitekind8055]

Those sunglasses better be fake Versace

[@dinacharlayne1912]

In Mexico they had lots- of fake stuff when we were there before. It's cheap junk.@@exquisitekind8055

[@michaelphillips7282]

Mayor Adams in 2020: "I am pleased to announce that New York is officially a Sancturary City!"🥳 Mayor Adams in 2023: "PLEASE, MR. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, SIR! WE NEED SOME FEDERAL HELP UP HERE, IMMEDIATELY, SIR!"🤣

[@amychow8602]

Yes, we tax paying citizens should consider opening our homes to relief migrant crisis and feed them until they get on their own feet. Let's start at the democratic homes.

[@alifeunfinished5013]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@colleenpeck6347]

Ed Koch declared NYC a sanctuary city in the 1980's.

[@ForestNinjaZero]

🤣🤣🤣

[@nancymathew4253]

Good Luck with Mr Biden trying to solve this problem- he is a horrible president who kept the boarder open and now look at this crisis. Keep sending our tax dollars to other countries-just horrible

[@Msmac717]

How do the ones outside use the bathroom?

[@albertreynolds9287]

There's no toilet facilities

[@raymondlin8728]

50 states, and everyone wants to be in nyc. Ridiculous

[@max420thc]

As a proud Texan I would like to thank the fine people of New York for taking these future doctors and engineers in saving them from the racism of my own state. Matter of fact you are doing such a fine job we plan on sending bus load after bus load every week. Thanks again from Texas! 🤠

[@richardmorris7063]

Send a couple up to Delaware..

[@swisstopia]

Proud Texan = Big Loser.

[@lisab.1595]

Yup, I moved out of NYC and now live in Texas. Too much ''culture" in NYC for me. I do take care of the homeless, our own homeless that have fallen on rough times. My husband was a disabled vet, so I take care of vets as well.

[@robreeto]

You're doing a great service sending them to the big Apple! They are welcome there, they need more bus loads

[@gaweedwen]

Hand out flyers for this luxurious holiday destination of New York

[@hupego1]

The Mayor is responsible for been a weak leader!! He’s responsible for this madness!! And also Jose & Miguel need to go and looking for a job!! Doing something!! I’m an immigrant too and my first day my cousin show me the rules! I have to work to eat & pay bills!! My first job was washing dishes, and cleaning restrooms at office buildings at night!! These guys asking for Free stuff!! Jesus!! They here!! What else they want!😡

[@theantagonizer9835]

You are a true American

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Being* Look* Do* And at* Work to eat? 👈 Washing dishes and...* They are here* You also need to go back to school for your grammer, dude?

[@modupeolawinjobi4960]

​@@imrytebeehyneuhere comes the grammer police.

[@SnowsStorm1]

Well, that's commendable. If you aren't here, legally, it doesn't change the fact that you are a net negative in terms of cost. If someone comes over with two children in tow, that person does not contribute enough to even cover the cost for educating their children. We just aren't in a position to finance that, not when we're trillions of dollars in debt and we have so many Americans with We just aren't in a position to finance that, not when we're trillions of dollars in debt and we have our own unmet needs

[@rhenderson9862]

A shortage of housing... that's plausible...having to share food is quite shameful. The abundance of food in the U.S., and the availability of this abundance to serve migrants exists. Why is it that "food has to be shared"?

[@joyphillips1821]

There isn't enough housing to house all these people... We are already in a housing shortage.

[@MrNiceGuy500]

We need to be more like Aruba. If you want to immigrate you need to have a job waiting for you.

[@elvinechevarria8079]

Now you going to the bottom of the list.

[@tinytim4657]

And someone to assist you

[@salortiz6548]

That is policy in most countries.

[@cowboyx9380]

Australia and Canada require the same….

[@bryanmannoia8410]

canada, too.

[@merminpules4209]

If they are coming from “war-torn countries,” as they claim, where exactly are they getting clothes, shoes, jewelry, sunglasses, backpacks, etc?

[@Ummkelechi]

Exactly! Many of them I have seen look perfectly fine and healthy!! They even have smartphones!!

[@quanyin1556]

😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@joeyharper4976]

Exactly. They are seen with these as they are crossing the border. Which proves they already had these luxury items BEFORE coming over here.

[@elydiaalvarez4796]

What did these people expect ? They come over here demanding everything free ??! This is outrageous ! 😳 😠 😡 what they gonna do when it starts snowing !!??

[@taubevictor8989]

How the media advertises this for them

[@Andrew-wo8nk]

I wish we could see just how much money this has cost US taxpayers.

[@JaneK6557]

Billions!

[@GET-OUT-OF-LIFE-ALIVE]

A gazillion dollars...

[@SnowsStorm1]

150+ billion and counting

[@MrFlyzbar]

Give it away, Give it away, Give it away NOW!! Watching the US crumble in real time. Surprising that we voted for this :(

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Trump is gone. Get used to it

[@max420thc]

We didn’t vote for this.

[@max420thc]

Get used to being a fifth world country because of democrats? You better get used to it because I’m from Texas and we are sending you millions more.

[@lenarae3845]

@@imrytebeehyneu That's true, but at least his 'remain in Mexico' policy for asylum and immigration applicants would have prevented the present fiasco. Biden's reversal of that policy was irresponsible.

[@Lisa-my5sy]

@@max420thcyeah you did

[@toebeans3985]

NYC is just the processing point. State officials across the country are working with NY and Fed Gov’t to receive these people into their states and the funding that comes with them.

[@1946dms]

Of course the federal government should do more. This should start with Congress giving more money to cities to deal with the problem. Instead Congress just fingers the administration as the problem whether it is democratic or republican. Congress obviously prefers to give the money to Ukraine to pay the monthly salaries, healthcare, pensions etc. of their Ukrainian governmental employees.

[@Dw_ool0]

Why does everyone think they should be able to do more??? 56k migrants are sheltered, fed and being provided medical care by the city. That is actually impressive so I’m not sure why everyone continues to think they have unlimited capacity.

[@subaruamazon]

darrick i thin the number is 93k in nyc. we have this blind checkbook to pay for these people. there is no resistance to these illegals. we get more money for illegals and put them up longer and then what do we get?

[@AHammock]

Throw Trump in jail and let Biden destroy America.... Well done America

[@ab9772]

they want more. They voted for more. NYC voters have routinely voted for endless illegal immigration. Let them have them and afford them.

[@SnowsStorm1]

We shouldn't even be doing that much we are spending $150 billion a year an illegal immigrants while our own people suffer.

[@shortquotes494]

AAAAAAA MMMMMMM HAAAAA *SANCTUARY CITY* DAAAAAA

[@ShotzyDucatzi]

Young men all strong and ready to “Change the fabric of our nation”. Thanks Obama.

[@thinkaboutit2137]

Trump was right when he said most illegal immigrants are men and not woman and children like the news tells us

[@laurachatham8563]

A small army of men invaded our country. Go home !

[@inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586]

Obama is ethnically from Kenya.

[@Workharder1776]

Not going to happen. Just watch and see

[@junkjournaldavao]

Congratulations New York. You voted for this. 🥳

[@ThannaSr1]

They sure look well dressed and healty. True homeless in NY don't. No "Good guys" would push this on it's citizens.

[@betl5982]

New Yorkers need to take them to their homes and take care of them. New Yorkers voted for this.

[@jessygarci]

New Yorkers did not vote for this! Did it say in the voting booth. Hey New Yorkers , Governor Abbott d head from texas wants to bus 94,000 and more to nyc. And you're gonna have to pay for them to stay in hotels - Yes or No? No one thought that Big mouth Adam was going to accept this mess.

[@MemoirsofaBasketcase]

Oh shut up already

[@micaelaespino7730]

So true new yorkers got what they vote for this so now take them to ur house

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Zelda lost. Get over it

[@fernandomeza8243]

People move to America with dreams but don't realize how hard it is to get started

[@robreeto]

Easiest place on earth to get started, California will give you healthcare, a driver's license, section 8 housing and food stamps if you come in illegally

[@fernandomeza8243]

@@robreeto Depends on where you end up sometimes people don't have a choice and end up in a place with very few people who speak Spanish as well. It helps to be in an area where you can communicate but its never as easy as it seems.

[@robreeto]

@@fernandomeza8243 if you come in to a state where there aren't any resources they will fly you on a plane for free to a city that does, like NY or Marthas Vineyard. They will also give you a workers permit as well.

[@DP-hy4ct]

Keep stacking those cribs higher and higher, until all of the rooms are filled with them., INSANITY!

[@1w598]

This is insane. It's not sustainable for any city, state, or country. We're trillions of dollars in debt, sending millions overseas, ushering in immigrants, while our own are still struggling. It's basic math. You can't have it both ways. That's not how life works.

[@andrewareva4605]

There are over 800 million in India alone living less than $5 a day, 200 million in China and 4 billion around the world. They all want to come the US to work and get US wages. Expect US wages to match the 3rd world if that happens.

[@imrytebeehyneu]

And that's the American Dream

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Splendid

[@tom11zz884]

The American people got to get together on this one and say enough is enough.

[@Jacko818]

Exactly! Go to the streets and complain. Is your city! Fight for it! You are paying taxes and the mayor's salary.

[@solutionsforcaregivers]

Now the mayor in NYC sees the challenges. Mayor from Texas and California are experts in handling the challenges.

[@PatPauloMMA]

What happens when it gets too cold to be outside and these people have nowhere to go.

[@DearestThree3]

They can ask our Homeless Veterans how it's done or they can huddle together closer.

[@John-jz7zz]

Is this what they think a sanctuary looks like?

[@mattsmith4589]

I LOVE PEOPLE BUT AMERICA HAS RUN OUT OF ROOM. WE GOTTA HELP OURSELVES FIRST BEFORE WE CAN HELP OTHERS

[@normapinero3842]

👍

[@ashyelbos]

That's real

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Then you hate people. You lied

[@yungwelfare3394]

@@imrytebeehyneuNo, it’s called setting your priorities straight. You talk about hate right? I’d like to see you house these migrants in your home, unless you hate these people too..

[@imrytebeehyneu]

@@yungwelfare3394 I don't live in a house. Ahhhh, nuts to you

[@Alsome_jj]

This is angering we need to prioritize soldiers, mothers, and Americans who need housing over someone who broke the laws of our country by entering

[@beaubenal7693]

How about Americans homeless dying and starving in NYC and Philadelphia ,California and many many other cities???????

[@jjmcg9184]

They gotta go for real. Get them outta here!

[@b14m23]

Maybe people around the world will see this and stop coming.

[@imrytebeehyneu]

Why

[@user-vf6ru8gm9p]

Or just secure the border like its supposed to be.

[@imrytebeehyneu]

@@user-vf6ru8gm9p why

[@b14m23]

@@user-vf6ru8gm9p The Republican House can pass a law anytime they want.

[@user-vf6ru8gm9p]

@@b14m23 you must be an avid MSNBC viewer. Do you really believe just the house can pass a law?

[@nancyhannan1977]

They should have bought money. We have to work for what we have. We can't even take care of our own homeless citizens

[@mccare13]

I think we need to send more help to Hawaii which is part of U.S.A than here. We need to take care of our own first. I don't understand why migrants complain about long waits and other inconvenience while some of our country men/women are dying in Hawaii.