Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and several New York Republican lawmakers on Friday demanded that Gov. Kathy Hochul follow Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s lead by taking immediate steps to secure the northern border amid a surge in illegal crossings from Canada.
In a letter to the Empire State governor, Stefanik and his colleagues told Hochul they were “shocked” not to see his name among the 25 state governors who signed a joint statement Thursday in support of Abbott’s efforts to secure the southern border, given the toll. The immigrant crisis has hit New York.
“Given the all-time high number of undocumented immigrants crossing our border and entering New York, your refusal to reverse course has created an unsustainable environment that has financially and humanitarianly affected the state,” the letter said.
“Given the influx of illegal immigrants into New York, we call on you to take action to secure the Northern Border, and support Texas Governor Greg Abbott in his efforts to do the same for our Southern Border,” the New York lawmaker opined. “With Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas refusing to act, it is time for our Governors to take decisive action to protect their citizens and our country.”
In their call for immediate action, Stefanik and his allies pointed to the 91,640 immigration encounters the US Border Patrol conducted last year along the New York-Canada border, in the Swanton and Buffalo sectors, including the arrest of an Iranian national with unspecified “links to terrorism” . caught trying to enter the US illegally near Niagara Falls.
Rep. Elise Stefanik and other New York Republican congressmen called on Hochul to secure the northern border. AP
Lawmakers also highlighted the $2 billion New York City has spent on housing and care for record numbers of immigrants that have overtaken the Big Apple under the Biden administration and the city projects $12 billion in spending on immigrants by the end of 2025.
Earlier this week, Hochul and eight other Democratic governors called for federal action on immigration, in a letter to President Biden and congressional leaders, describing the influx of immigrants from the southern border as a “humanitarian crisis.”
On Tuesday, the governor unveiled a record-breaking $233 billion state budget for fiscal year 2025, including $2.4 billion for New York City’s immigrant crisis.
Governor Hochul has called the situation on the southern border a “humanitarian crisis.” AP
Meanwhile, in Texas, Abbott has been using what he insists is the Lone Star State “the constitutional right to protect and defend our southern border.”
His strategy to combat immigration crossings, which the Biden administration says is unconstitutional, includes installing razor wire and floating barricades along illegal entry hotspots, signing legislation allowing state authorities to arrest and imprison illegal border crossers, and transporting tens of thousands people. asylum seekers to so-called “cities of refuge.”
The Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that federal authorities have the right to cut through Abbott’s razor-wire fence.
The governor has staunchly vowed to install more, prompting statements of support from half the state’s governors, all Republicans.
Twenty-five GOP governors have signed statements supporting Abbott’s efforts to secure the Texas-Mexico border. ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA
“Far Left Kathy Hochul has publicly admitted that New York taxpayers cannot afford to continue subsidizing illegal immigrants coming through our border because of Joe Biden’s disastrous open border policy,” Stefanik told The Post. “He has an opportunity here and now to stand with Governor Greg Abbott as he works tirelessly to secure the Texas border and secure our country from this invasion that Joe Biden is promoting.”
“Kathy Hochul has a duty to every New Yorker to ensure their safety and security and right now she is failing them terribly.”
Representatives Nick Langworthy, Nicole Malliotakis, Brandon Williams, Claudia Tenney, Nick LaLota, Marc Molinaro, Mike Lawler and Anthony D’Esposito joined Stefanik in signing the letter.
On Friday, US Customs and Border Protection reported that 788 immigrants were stopped in December trying to enter the country illegally from Canada in the Buffalo and Swanton sectors — nearly double the 432 apprehended in December 2022 after 58 and 34 encounters were recorded in incidents. The same. month two years before.
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