‘We’ve turned the corner’: Blue city announces closure of migrant shelters as numbers fall

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the closing of dozens more on Tuesday migrant sheltersas the “sanctuary” city continues to experience a drop in arrivals and as Adams continues to take a hawkish stance on illegal immigration.

Adams announced that 25 shelters will be closed in the coming months. Locations include the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. Shelters are also slated to close outside of New York City in Albany, Buffalo and Poughkeepsie.

The blue city has seen more than 225,000 migrants arrive since 2022, an increase that coincided with a surge at the southern border as well as a Texas strategy to ferry migrants to cities like New York to ease pressure on the border state .

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Now, his administration says there has been a 22-week drop in migrant arrivals in the city, prompting the closure of many of the shelters used to house the influx.

Adams, who has been deeply critical of the federal government’s handling of the migrant crisis, linked the drop in numbers to executive orders from the Biden administration that have limited the ability to seek asylum in the US and have been linked to a sharp drop in apprehensions. on the same border.

He also linked it to strategies adopted by the city itself to help resettle migrants, including ticket recovery and case management.

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“Thanks to our smart management strategies, we’ve turned the corner, and this additional list of shelter closures we’re announcing today is even more proof that we’re managing this crisis better than any other city in the country,” Adams said. . in a statement. “Our intensive case management, combined with 30- and 60-day policies, has helped more than 170,000 migrants take the next steps in their journeys, because migrants don’t come here to live in our reception system; they come here to chase the American Dream.”

“We will continue to look for more places to consolidate and close, and more opportunities to save taxpayers money, as we continue to successfully manage this response,” he said.

Adams has taken a more muscular approach illegal immigration than some of their Democratic counterparts in other blue cities across the country, some of whom have pledged resistance to the plan from the incoming Trump administration.

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While he has stressed the importance of work authorization, case management and protection from deportation for some, he has expressed an openness to working with the incoming Trump administration and border czar Thomas Homan on the deportation of illegal immigrants with criminal convictions.

“I would like to speak with our border tsar and find out what his plans are. Where we have common ground, we can work together. And I firmly believe that my story is to sit with those on the side of the hallway with different ways of thinking and sitting and sharing my ideas,” he said last week. “I think I have some ideas that could deal with this problem, and we can get to what the American people have told us: protect our borders, target people who are committing violent acts in our country, and make sure that … our citizens will be safe.”

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Meanwhile, the voters of the New York state support deporting illegal immigrants, according to a new poll. The New York state poll by Siena College found that 54 percent of respondents say the state should support any Trump administration efforts to deport immigrants living illegally in the state, compared to 35% of respondents who oppose the plans.

Strong support for President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation plan was found across the state, including New York City.

Fox News’ Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.