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New York City council members are raising concerns about the migrant crisis in the city, calling it “completely out of control” and “unsustainable.” Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino cautioned that the surge in illegal immigration is negatively affecting the quality of life for New Yorkers. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the city has reached its maximum capacity and is unable to accommodate an additional influx of migrants.
Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker argues President Biden’s relaxed border controls are now negatively impacting Democratic cities in the Northeast. She’s hopeful those voters will take heed and vote Biden out in 2024.
As one Republican spokeswoman recently put it, “In Joe Biden’s America, every state is a border state.” And it’s true. On August 8, the Democratic governor of Massachusetts sent a letter to Biden declaring a state of emergency over the migrant crisis. In the letter, Governor Healey stated Massachusetts has stepped up to address what sadly been a federal crisis of inaction that is many years in the making. This is Massachusetts we’re talking about. They love Biden — or at least they used to.
On election day 2020, Massachusetts voted for Biden the largest support they’d given any president in over 100 years. Over 65% voted for the president. Yet in a poll from Mass Inc. — a recent poll earlier this year — only 43% had a favorable opinion of their president. Now in the midst of a state emergency, I wonder how many of these residents still have such a favorable opinion of the president and would vote for him again.
