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NYC seriously considering housing migrants in troubled now-shuttered jail on Rikers Island
NY Daily News ^ | May 17, 2023 | hris Sommerfeldt and Graham Rayman

Posted on 05/17/2023 6:58:45 AM PDT by Salman

New York City officials are seriously considering a plan to house migrants in a Rikers Island jail that was shuttered last year, the Daily News has learned.

The move, which would likely spark sharp criticism from migrant advocates and civil liberties groups, is one of several being considered by Mayor Adams’ administration to house a wave of migrants entering the city.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: illegals; immigration; migrants
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Please note. A facility closed for being "inhumane".
1 posted on 05/17/2023 6:58:45 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Kids in cages.


2 posted on 05/17/2023 7:00:16 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Salman
Rikers Island jail

Where we should put the ones that let them in.
3 posted on 05/17/2023 7:01:00 AM PDT by BikerJoe
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To: Salman

Why not in empty office towers? The woke corporations owning them should be honored.


4 posted on 05/17/2023 7:06:49 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: Salman

Break out the Tents


5 posted on 05/17/2023 7:07:41 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Salman

San Fransisco could reopen Alcatraz...


6 posted on 05/17/2023 7:09:37 AM PDT by null and void (Be gentle with each other. You never know what someone is going through.)
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To: packagingguy
Kids in cages.

That's perfectly OK when liberals do it.

7 posted on 05/17/2023 7:10:14 AM PDT by null and void (Be gentle with each other. You never know what someone is going through.)
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To: null and void

Indeed.


8 posted on 05/17/2023 7:22:23 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Salman

Democrats putting illegal aliens in jail. Ironic isnt it?


9 posted on 05/17/2023 7:22:42 AM PDT by Phineas1962 (Courage!)
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To: BikerJoe

And their financier, Gyorgy Schwartz!


10 posted on 05/17/2023 7:22:42 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Phineas1962

It sure is!


11 posted on 05/17/2023 7:22:55 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: null and void

They should!


12 posted on 05/17/2023 7:23:10 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Salman

Well, the migrants broke the law when they entered illegally into the country...

so, jailing them seems appropriate.


13 posted on 05/17/2023 7:30:20 AM PDT by adorno
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Why not closed military bases? They are cities unto themselves. Shouldn’t be too hard to house them. They can stay there until their court dates, and then be deported directly from there.


14 posted on 05/17/2023 7:36:34 AM PDT by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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Base housing has consistently been rejected as a place to put border crossers.

They are rated as not fit for human habitation.

(s) nully, who was raised in base housing...


15 posted on 05/17/2023 7:40:03 AM PDT by null and void (Be gentle with each other. You never know what someone is going through.)
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To: The Free Engineer

Why not in empty office towers?

Would rather see housed with anyone who publically advocated for sanctuary city status.


16 posted on 05/17/2023 7:46:49 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: packagingguy

I guess Willowbrook wasn’t an option.


17 posted on 05/17/2023 8:00:31 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Salman

The stigma would be delightful.
Hey NY. I double-dog dare you!!


18 posted on 05/17/2023 8:02:12 AM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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Its like they want to house them, and feed and water them like pets. Like little kids keeping a caterpillar or something in a jar.


19 posted on 05/17/2023 8:18:52 AM PDT by Pocketdoor
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They must have been listening to me. I was saying Rikers Island. Alcatraz is also empty and available. I would send them there and give them the option of returning to their home countries.


20 posted on 05/17/2023 8:31:18 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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