Billionaire Democratic donor Michael Bloomberg on Monday stepped up pressure on President Biden over the immigration crisis – blasting him for turning a blind eye to the US’s broken border laws.
Bloomberg — while praising New York City Mayor Eric Adams for doing a “fantastic job” trying to overcome the lack of federal support for the disaster — raged in the column that the White House would be responsible for sweeping Democratic losses up and down the ticket in 2024 if the Biden administration doesn’t step up. .
“Think about it: We have a system that essentially allows an unlimited number of people to cross our borders, bans them from working, offers them free housing, and gives them seven years of residency before deciding whether they can stay legally,” the tech news titan philanthropist and former mayor of the Big Apple, 81, wrote in the New York Times.
“It would be difficult to create a system that is more backward and self-defeating,” Bloomberg said.
The blistering column has only added to the growing pressure on the White House — especially from within Biden’s own party and among deep-pocketed donors — to adequately address the crisis.
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg blames the White House for potential Democratic losses on the 2024 ticket.Warzer Jaff
Last month, more than 100 Big Apple executives sent a letter to Biden and Congress saying US immigration and border policy is “clearly a federal responsibility” and that powerful businessmen are “deeply concerned” about where the country is headed on the issue.
Bloomberg writes that both sides of the political aisle are responsible for finding a solution — but Dems could suffer the worst at the polls if one isn’t found quickly.
“It is imperative that Congress and the president work together to secure the resources and adopt the policy changes needed to fix the asylum process,” Bloomberg said.
“Tackling the crisis in a way that stays true to our history and values is the best way to help asylum seekers, support cities and prevent xenophobes from gaining political power.”
Bloomberg believes both political parties need to find a solution to the immigration crisis.AP/Nhac Nguyen
Bloomberg — who flanked Adams at a 9/11 memorial service in Lower Manhattan on Monday — defended Hizzoner, who has battled the White House for more federal aid to cope with the flood of immigrants to the Big Apple in recent months.
Adams last week warned that the issue would “destroy” New York City without further help from the Biden administration, prompting a backlash that the remarks were anti-migrant.
“Critics following Mayor Adams’ recent comments that the crisis will ‘destroy’ the city seem more concerned with his words — uttered in understandable frustration with Washington — than with the problem itself,” Bloomberg wrote, praising “the work commendable” mayor. in handling the more than 100,000 migrants who have passed through the city since the start of the crisis in spring 2022.
But it’s not just NYC where the crisis is growing, Bloomberg says.
“Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Denver and other cities are also experiencing an influx of asylum seekers who have no housing and no way to get money legally,” he wrote. “Meanwhile, the federal government has failed to provide the necessary resources to hear asylum cases in any expeditious manner.
“It can take six or seven years for the applicant’s case to be resolved,” said the former mayor.
Mayor Eric Adams warned the immigrant crisis will “destroy” New York City without further help from the Biden administration.William Farrington
Much of what Bloomberg hurled at Biden and Congress echoed the alarm raised by the New York City business community last month.
“Our country’s immigration policy and border control is clearly a federal responsibility; state and local governments have no standing on this matter,” read the letter written by the Partnership for New York City.
“New York’s business community is deeply concerned about the humanitarian crisis stemming from the continued flow of asylum seekers into our country,” said the letter, signed by business powerhouses such as JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon and Macy’s chairman Jeff Gennette.
Bloomberg has also wrestled with the White House for more federal aid to deal with immigrants in recent months. Kevin C. Downs for the NY Post
But a few days later, after a closed meeting between White House officials and Governor Kathy Hochul – who together with Adams has repeatedly beaten the drum on fast-track work visas – the Biden White House just tried to ask the private sector to pitch- in crisis for free.
Adams and Hochul have called on the federal government to take ownership of the crisis, but their pleas have gone unheeded.
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