Democrat politicians have expressed concern about President Joe Biden’s immigration policies after their sanctuary city or state started experiencing effects from surges of illegal aliens into the U.S.
Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) declared a state of emergency in her state to handle challenges posed by an influx of illegal aliens. She corresponded with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
In her August 8 correspondence, she told Mayorkas about the “rapid and unabating increases in the number of families with children and pregnant people” overwhelming Massachusetts resources to accommodate them.
“Massachusetts has stepped up to address what sadly has been a federal crisis of inaction that is many years in the making,” Healey told the DHS secretary.
She demanded the Biden administration reimburse her state for costs of sheltering and feeding approximately 5,600 families that total more than 20,000 illegal aliens currently in state shelters.
In Chicago, another city grappling with the strain of the migrant situation, a local politician extended an invitation to Biden, urging him to witness firsthand the conditions in the city’s overwhelmed migrant camps.
“I invite you to see firsthand what we are forced to do while waiting for [U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services] to take the steps necessary to move the needle on this crisis,” Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez told Biden.
“This facility, along with the 11 shelters offering semi-permanent housing to the migrants and asylum-seekers, are pushing our city to the brink unnecessarily because of the lax response from Secretary Mayorkas and USCIS Director Jaddou.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who previously championed the cause of migrants, shifted his stance, taking aim at the federal government for not providing adequate support.
The humanitarian crisis enveloping the city could escalate to a staggering cost of $12 billion, a price Adams believes the federal government should be helping to bear.
States like Arizona that are on the frontlines of the border issue have long complained about Biden’s immigration policies that are only now beginning to impact northern cities and states.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, Sen. Mark Kelly and Congressman Ruben Gallegos collectively expressed dissatisfaction with Biden’s current border strategies.
They emphasized the pressing need for more comprehensive measures to address the surge in illegal border crossings affecting their state.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic Party challenger to Biden’s reelection, along with other Democratic officeholders, has questioned Biden’s leadership approach.
Some within the Democratic Party even argue that Biden’s border security measures might be overly restrictive, particularly for those seeking asylum.
Republicans, on their part, blame sanctuary city policies for contributing to the border situation. They argue that such policies, promoted predominantly by Democrats, have inadvertently exacerbated the migrant crisis.
“In Joe Biden’s America, every state is a border state,” said RNC spokeswoman Savannah Viar.
“Now that their backyards have become the border because this crisis has gotten so out of hand under the Democrats, they’re now acting like they always supported securing the border.
“They invited this into their own backyard by creating sanctuary cities so now, they need to put up,” she said, adding sanctuary cities are now experiencing what border cities have gone through for years.
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