Cities Faced With Migrant Influx Costs Could Win Federal Aid
- About 13,000 people were transported to New York, DC, Chicago
- White House helping cities that received relocated migrants
Migrants after being dropped off near the residence of Vice President Harris in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 15.
Photographer: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North AmericaNew York and other cities are straining under an influx of migrants sent by Republican governors from other states, but federal help may be on the way.
About 8,500 asylum seekers are currently in New York’s shelter system, Mayor Eric Adams said in a press conference on Thursday. The city hasn’t released the exact amount being spent to house people sent by the governors to protest what they see as inaction at the border by President Joe Biden’s administration. However, based on how much New York previously has paid for each unhoused person and family who stay in shelters, overall costs for all asylum seekers could amount to $1.6 million per day. The city said estimating exact costs is “complicated.”