Posted on 11/07/2024 8:43:50 PM PST by TigerClaws
New York City is ending a program that provided prepaid debit cards to migrant families living in the sanctuary city.
In a statement obtained by FOX 5 New York, Adams announced the end of the immediate response cards pilot program.
"Through the immediate response cards pilot program, we were able to reduce food waste, redirect millions of dollars to our local economy, and provide more culturally relevant food to more than 2,600 migrant families in our care," Adams said. "As we move towards more competitive contracting for asylum seeker programs, we have chosen not to renew the emergency contract for this pilot program once the one-year term concludes."
New York City officials began giving out prepaid debit cards to migrant families residing in the Big Apple earlier this year. The prepaid cards – the first of which were distributed in March as part of the city's Immediate Response Cards (IRC) program – are meant to be used only to purchase essential items like food.
The mayor’s office previously said access to the program is limited to those in a separate program that provides four-week hotel stays for families with children, and families expecting children.
Allowances for illegal immigrants residing in the city are distributed on a weekly basis until the end of their four-week hotel stays, with families of four with two children under the age of five receiving up to nearly $350 each week.
Officials said the program would save the city about $600,000 per month, and $7.2 million per year.
New York City, which has been overwhelmed by more than 200,000 migrant arrivals since 2022, has been providing settlement options to migrants since that time. Last year, it opened a re-ticketing center to offer one-way plane tickets to migrants.
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Why? That is so mean.
They are a sanctuary city, how can they stop giving away freebies to illegals?
Adams sort of... backed Trump a bit. Said he wasn’t a fascist. Maybe a pardon is in his future?
Something is afoot.
Which they NEVER should have had. Pissing away hard earned taxpayer money on criminals, an idea thought up by damnably insane libtards, was criminal.
And the hits just keep on coming!
The Hills Are Alive...
He does not want them spending that money back in their home country when they get deported in a couple of months.
Somebody has to foot the bill and likely NYC is toast
It’s amazing how quickly Trump’s victory is paying dividends. Even people like Adams are understanding the message that voters sent on Tuesday.
Exactly.
Indeed.
It is the job of America “to provide more culturally relevant food”? What an @ss.
How timely that Trump won 1/3 of NYC votes.
He reading those tea leaves weeks before the election though
Obviously, that was AFTER those same millions of dollars were siphoned OUT of the economy.
Massachusetts is a sanctuary state...!
:)
Well what do you know 😏
Bkmk
Where’s snake plissken when they need him
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