Posted on 09/01/2023 6:23:24 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The Biden administration again evaded responsibility for New York’s spiraling migrant crisis — this time by telling the Empire State’s private businesses to step up while it offers a measly $600 million to offset the multibillion-dollar crisis.
The proposal put forward by White House officials in a Wednesday meeting with Gov. Kathy Hochul suggested putting out a call to city companies to provide free services to asylum seekers, including pro bono legal advice, The Post learned Thursday.
The request for handouts also extends to free help educating and consulting with migrants on how to apply for work permits.
Meanwhile, the Biden White House said it would ask Congress for $600 million to help New York feed and house the crush of migrants arriving in the Big Apple under the president’s soft border policies.
Even if the city gets the paltry amount from the feds, the overall tally would be $746 million — just a fraction of the $5.2 billion already spent to care for the more than 107,000 asylum seekers who have arrived from the southern border since spring 2022.
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That’s what it’s about. It’s an indirect way of trashing capitalism and replacing it with communism - government owns the means of production.
Once a business gives things away free, ‘splain me how it can ever go back to providing them in exchange for money.
The Biden admin is the worst ever.
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