The city has done an admirable job of finding, in short order, shelter for the more than 100,000 asylum seekers who have arrived since last spring.
Currently, the city is housing about 60,000 in some 200 sites, which has forced it to take over more than 140 hotels.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been pleading for months, to little avail, for federal support to deal with a flood of asylum seekers.
Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Denver and other cities are also experiencing an influx of asylum seekers who have no housing and no means of legally earning money.
But ignoring it will only make it worse, while also elevating the political fortunes of xenophobes and eroding public support for immigration reform.
Persons:
Eric Adams, —, Adams’s, Washington
Organizations:
New, New York City
Locations:
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Denver