Joe Biden’s failed immigration policies are finally affecting blue cities.
The Left were happy to encourage illegal immigration when red states carried the burden alone.
And a Democrat mayor had to walk back one insane solution to Biden’s border crisis.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been overwhelmed by Joe Biden’s unwillingness to secure the southern border.
For instance, Biden inexplicably reversed Donald Trump’s effective Remain in Mexico policy that reduced the number of bogus asylum claims.
Red state governors like Greg Abbott of Texas decided to put Democrats’ virtue-signaling to the test by busing illegal aliens to “sanctuary” jurisdictions like New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
It turned out that Democrats did not like their cities having to handle thousands of new arrivals every single week.
Mayor Adams tried to implement a plan to house migrants in a luxury condo in Harlem, but the plan was scuttled when members of the community caught wind of the scheme.
The New York Post reported, “Adams’ change of heart came during a surprise appearance at a St. Nicholas House Resident Association meeting packed with dozens of residents furious over the city’s plan for a building development…once marketed as upscale housing. The 35-story building was quietly slated to become a homeless shelter that could potentially house migrants — a plan that was only revealed to the community this week when some neighborhood residents saw workers bringing bed frames and mattresses inside.”
Unsurprisingly, residents in the community were furious at the thought of illegal aliens getting free housing while American citizens suffered.
One Harlem resident shouted at Adams, “You are the mayor. We do not want to hear excuses.”
Another said, “We have a dearth of affordable housing. We’re being priced out of the community … The lack of respect is absolutely appalling.”
Adams told the angered crowd, “I told the team, ‘Find out what’s going on here. We’re not moving folks into a brand new building when you have long-term needs in a community. That’s not gonna happen’…You will not have migrants and asylum seekers in that property.”
The abandoned building revealed the helter-skelter nature of politics in a big Democrat machine like New York City.
A spokesperson for the Department of Social Services explained, “Despite the developer’s initial plans for market rate condominiums, development had been stalled and this building left indefinitely empty– it would not have advanced as luxury housing. Instead of sitting vacant, this site will serve as high-quality transitional housing for long-term New York City families with children experiencing homelessness.”
The illegal alien crisis continues as Biden refuses to lift a finger and enforce the laws already on the books.
Adams told residents that the migrant crisis would “destroy New York City.”
So far, his grim forecast is coming true.
Stay tuned to Blue State Blues for any updates to this ongoing story.
