China News Agency, Washington, October 7th (Reporter Sha Hanting) New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on the 7th local time that New York City has entered a state of emergency in response to the immigration crisis.
Adams said in a speech that day that New York City will spend about $1 billion to deal with the immigration crisis.
He also called on the federal and state governments to provide financial support.
"We need help, and we need it now."
Adams said 17,000 immigrants have arrived in New York since April, and that number is expected to eventually rise to 100,000.
Among them, 9 buses carrying immigrants arrived in New York on the 6th alone.
Adams said shelters in New York are already overcrowded.
To accommodate the migrants, tents will be set up on Randalls Island, and consideration is also being given to allowing migrants to live on boats or send to other cities.
A state of emergency will allow for faster mobilization of money and manpower, Adams said.
According to US media reports, most of these migrants are from Latin American countries, and they enter Texas from the US-Mexico border.
Because Texas implements strict immigration policies and is also a response to the Biden administration's loose immigration policies, Texas Governor Abbott sent these immigrants on buses to New York, Washington, Chicago and other places.
Texas has spent $12 million to transport the migrants to other cities, state data show.
Adams expressed strong dissatisfaction with Abbott's approach.
He said Abbott had not communicated with New York before sending immigrants to New York.
He also asked Abbott to stop sending immigrants to New York or other cities.
"I'm angry, and so are the people of New York. This is not what we want." (End)