NYC mayor calls for White House to save city from migrant surge

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has renewed his calls for White House intervention as the city struggles to contend with a surge in illegal migrants.

Speaking at City Hall on Wednesday, the mayor contended that the situation is untenable and the burden of accommodating migrants was likely to fall on taxpayers.

"New Yorkers could be left with a $12 billion bill. So, while New York City will continue to lead, it’s time for state and federal government to step up," he said, according to The Hill. He further called on the government to speed up the process for granting asylum seekers work permissions to ease the burden on the city.

The federal government has already granted NYC $104.6 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to address the surge. More than 90,000 migrants have come to NYC since April 2022.

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has for months been busing migrants to the Big Apple and other left-wing enclaves in a bid to highlight the Biden administration's lax approach to border enforcement. As many as six million people have illegally entered the country under President Joe Biden's tenure.

Adams has sought to send migrants to the city's outlying communities as the city fills up, though such efforts have faced pushback from local leaders.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.