New Jersey Gov. Murphy says he doesn't see a scenario where state can take in migrants from NYC

“You need scale, enormous amount of federal support, resources that go beyond anything that we can afford,” Gov. Murphy said.

By Charlotte Hazard

Published: September 1, 2023 5:41pm

New Jersey Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy says he doesn’t “see any scenario” where the Garden State can take in any migrants from New York City, even though the Biden administration has a potential plan to send them there.

“I don’t see any scenario where we’re going to be able to take in a program in Atlantic City or frankly elsewhere in the state,” Murphy told News 12 on Thursday.

“You need scale, enormous amount of federal support, resources that go beyond anything that we can afford,” he continued.

These remarks come after the Biden administration suggested sending migrants to the Atlantic City International Airport.

According to the New York Post, that airport is a federally owned facility and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke with New York City Mayor Eric Adams about it potentially being a shelter for the city to move migrants.

New Jersey GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew spoke out against the idea.

“It is the wrong thing,” he said on Fox and Friends Friday. “You know, when we said what was happening at the southern border was going to affect the entire United States of America, this is what happens.”