While New York City Mayor Eric Adams may be “crying” about the immigration crisis, he has been “incentivizing” migrants to choose New York.
The first way, she suggested, is that President Joe Biden — who “created this crisis” after he “came into office and decided to dismantle the policies of President [Donald] Trump that were working in stemming the flow simply because it was President Trump’s policy” — could “end it today by just admitting he was wrong” and undoing his executive orders “that allow for our borders to be completely open.
Given that Schumer “represents New York City,” Malliotakis questioned why Adams “hasn’t mentioned him once.” “It basically reinstates the policies of President Trump [and] gives Customs and Border Protection the tools that they’ve been saying that they need to do their job,” she explained. “It [also] increases certain visas, so people can apply properly to come into the country, and it would really go a long way in resolving this crisis.”Rep. Nicole Malliotakis speaks during a news conference, on Aug. 15, 2022, in New York.
“He’s the one who continues to incentivize people to come to the city by allowing them to stay free in luxury hotel rooms, giving them free food, free lawyers, free services, health care, education,” she said. “He’s incentivizing people to choose New York.”