House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday mocked President Biden and other Dems over the growing rift between the White House and New York City Mayor Eric Adams over immigration.
“Mayor Adams is right: ‘New York City deserves better,’ ” the California Republican wrote in a blog post, citing Hizzoner at protests in the Big Apple last week demanding the Biden administration’s fast-track work permits for tens of thousands of people. immigrants flood Gotham.
Depending on how “Democrats finally come to terms with the fact that the Biden Border Crisis is hurting the country,” McCarthy added, “It’s gotten so bad that even the leaders of Democratic strongholds like New York City and Massachusetts are throwing in the towel.”
“They can’t handle the pressure that the massive influx of people is putting on their cities and states,” the GOP leader said.
“It’s time for a New York Senator himself [Chuck] Schumer and his Senate Democrats passed the Secure the Border Act to end this crisis created by Biden,” the congressman said.
GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is eager to highlight the controversy over immigration among prominent Democrats like Mayor Adams and President Biden.ZUMAPRESS.com
McCarthy’s remarks underscored Democrats’ united opposition to the proposed Secure The Border Act of 2023, legislation House Republicans drafted earlier this year to restart construction on the border wall and increase security.
Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence also praised Adams for standing up in the White House, telling WABC 770 AM’s “Cat & Cosby Show” on Monday night, “I have to tip my hat to the mayor of New York, who has been prepared to call President Joe Biden and his administration because of their utter failure to secure the southern border.”
But Adams’ spokesman, Fabien Levy, tweet in response for all the praise for his boss from a very unexpected angle that Republicans helped create the immigration crisis.
This front page of the New York Post perfectly captures the Biden administration’s response to the immigration crisis in the Big Apple.
“Trump Republicans have done nothing in Congress to pass any kind of meaningful immigration reform, and that follows the Trump-Pence administration keeping immigrants from working,” Levy wrote.
“When given the opportunity to lead, neither @SpeakerMcCarthy nor @Mike_Pence are anywhere to be found,” the representative added.
Adams has repeatedly called for federal help to deal with the humanitarian crisis that is festering on his doorstep.
The city’s homeless shelter has been expanded to its breaking point as the Big Apple faces a massive influx of immigrants, some of whom are sent there from red states like Texas, who have been eager to make liberal enclaves feel their pain.
Mayor Eric Adams has not been shy about insulting President Biden over his handling of the immigration crisis.Paul Martinka
Nearly 100,000 immigrants have entered New York City since last spring, according to data from City Hall.
Privately, Adams has reportedly been known to disparage Biden for what he describes as a leadership vacuum on the border crisis, but Hizzoner has begun to step up his criticism publicly as well.
In May, Biden’s re-election campaign dropped Adams from its National Advisory Board after the mayor repeatedly criticized the administration on immigration.
But Adams has also personally galvanized Republicans on the issue.
“It is irresponsible of the Republican Party in Washington to refuse to do real immigration reform, and it is irresponsible of the White House not to address this problem,” Adams said in May.
President Biden has pinned some of the blame for the border woes on congressional Republicans. Reuters
The Biden administration also blamed Republicans on immigration.
“The first bill I’m introducing is comprehensive immigration reform legislation,” Biden said at a conference with US mayors earlier this year, according to Fox News. “But because of some people in Congress, they refuse to consider it. They found it a better issue to campaign on than an issue to solve.”
Like Adams, Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul has called for more aggressive action from Biden to contain the crisis. But last week, Biden refused to meet with him during his visit to the White House.
Kevin McCarthy noted that House Republicans passed the Secure The Border Act of 2023 earlier this year but Senate Democrats have yet to take any action on it.AP
Newly arrived asylum seekers have poured into New York City by the tens of thousands.GNMiller/NYPost
Last month, progressive representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) argued that “immigration is arguably the weakest issue of this administration.”
Other Democratic governors, such as Maura Healey of Massachusetts, have sounded the alarm about the crisis while declaring states of emergency.
In the last fiscal year, US Customs and Border Protection reported a record 2.4 million encounters at the border.
So far, there have been at least 1.7 million migrant encounters at the border in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, which is expected to end this month.
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