Thread: Rural New York community faces migrant influx that could 'overwhelm' resources

Rural New York community faces migrant influx that could 'overwhelm' resources


Andrew Miller
Sun, January 15, 2023 at 11:47 AM EST






A small western New York community is facing an influx of illegal immigrants some residents fear could overwhelm municipal resources and squeeze the budget as has been the case in New York City.

At least 35 migrants from Colombia are believed to have arrived in the city of Jamestown since late last year and a leading Hispanic advocate says more are on the way, the New York Post reported.

"The Colombians are already here and more are coming. What is the government going to do about it?" Chautauqua County Hispanic Community Council President Max Martin asked. "They need housing and transportation or be allowed to work and get a driver’s license."

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Martin said the migrants "will have to work illegally to survive" if nothing is done and says "many" of them have been offered fake Social Security numbers and cards."

"I worry they may be forced to turn to crime like selling drugs," Martin said.

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Several migrants told the Post that they came to Jamestown, which has a population of 28,000, after hearing about it from other migrants crossing the border illegally in El Paso, Texas.

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"I was in detention for two months," a migrant named Paola told the outlet. "When I was in detention I met a Colombian who told me to come to Jamestown."

Paola said she shares a three-bedroom house with 10 other migrants.

The Post reported that many of the migrants came to the United States due to gang violence and political instability in Colombia.

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"If a city of 8 million people can be overwhelmed by a couple thousand migrants, imagine what a couple hundred can do to overwhelm a small rural community upstate?" Republican New York State Sen. George Borrello, who represents Jamestown, told the newspaper.

"It wouldn’t take many migrants to overwhelm the system."

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Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist, a Democrat, told Fox News Digital that the city is "aware of the five families that have made Jamestown their home as they actively work through the asylum process."

Sundquist said his office has been working directly with the church that provides support to the families and has been in contact with state and federal partners to secure additional resources if needed.

"My administration has, and continues to, put the health and well-being of people first and my staff has remained in contact with these families as they move through the asylum process," Sundquist said.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/rural-yor...164747732.html

This is what these criminal trespassers do!

They will stuff 20 people into one home. They destroy entire blocks of neighborhoods. They lower property values and decrease tax revenue that supports the communities while they take and steal from us and bankrupt our social service programs.

By word of mouth and text, they SWARM into our communities!

Put them in front of a Judge, DENY their case, and get them the hell off our soil.

They do not qualify for asylum!

This abused program needs to be terminated for good.