Make the Road accused the mayor this Friday of NYEric Adams, from “xenophobiaand inciting hatred against recently arrived immigrants for his comments that they would “destroy the city” if their steady flow, which has seen 110,000 arrivals since April 2022, not be stopped.

“What really threatens the future of this city is xenophobia. from Mayor Adams. “His rhetoric and approach towards asylum seekers remains completely unacceptable and dangerous for the residents of this city,” Natalia Aristizabal, the organization’s co-director, said in a statement.

He added that it’s “disappointing” that the mayor has yet to take up activists’ proposal to expand the housing voucher program for newcomers. Until now, it is provided only to citizens with legal residence..

The latest city data shows that responsible for 60 thousand immigrantsincluding more than 20 thousand children to whom it provides shelter, food, medical care, legal assistance and juvenile education.

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In recent weeks On average, about 3,000 people come per week.and the city continues to look for a place to house them, in addition to the shelters it has improvised in hotels, football fields, gyms or old schools, and the giant tents erected for them.

Adams said last Wednesday that the arrival of thousands of immigrants would mean for the city $12 billion deficitwhich would result in the need to discontinue services to New Yorkers.

“It is extremely disappointing to see the mayor refuse to do the right thing in common sense policy issues for example, expanding access to housing vouchers and instead trying to fan the flames of hatred against asylum seekers who were forced to leave everything to come here,” Aristizabal further noted.

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He stated that the mayor must stop scapegoating new immigrants and work collaboratively with municipal, state and federal leaders to meet people’s real needs.

“Everyone needs to step forward, but blame games and divisions will get our city nowhere,” he said.

Newspaper The newspaper “New York Times this Friday, news headlines claim that the immigrant crisis means “the GOP has already had the Democratic crisis it wanted,” due to the fact that Democratic cities like New York and Los Angeles shift to anti-immigration protests due to fear of losing voters. (EFE)