NYC Pays Over $300 a Night for Budget Hotel Rooms for Migrants

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• PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m glad they’re actually doing something to help people instead of just complaining.

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  • No1RivenFucker@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Remember, waves of people showing up here is the consequence you voted for if you voted republican, you voted for the destabilization of Latin America

    So? That doesn’t make them entitled to coming here.

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    • PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure it does. We played a hand in destroying their countries, their homes, etc. The least we can do to make up for it is give them a new one. That, and stopping the existing things that we are doing to destroy their homes.

      They’re coming here to work, to become citizens, to pay their share of taxes. Immigration has been one of the core strengths of our country since pretty much the beginning, it makes no sense for us to loose that strength.

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  • TheOriginalGregToo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So wait, is it from destabilization or climate change? I feel like you’re just throwing out buzz words.

    Is it possible that it has anything to do with robust welfare programs, ever increasing concessions to grant non-citizens the rights of citizens, and essentially open borders?

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    • PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      is it from destabilization or climate change?

      Right now it’s most just destabilization, but climate migration is projected to increase massively. The UN estimated somewhere on the order of 1.5 billion people by 2050.

      We would have to deal with that if we had actually done something about our fossil fuel use.

      I feel like you’re just throwing out buzz words

      How you feel about those words is irrelevant. Republicans started the war on drugs, installed CIA directors, and supported the overthrow of governments in Latin America. All of which has destabilized the region, and is the biggest cause of all these people trying to migrate.

      Is it possible that it has anything to do with robust welfare programs

      I sincerely hope this is a joke, because our social programs are a joke.

      ever increasing concessions to grant non-citizens the rights of citizens

      Our country was founded on immigrants. It was our biggest strength in the 18th and 20th century. Passing it away will just further hurt our nation.

      and essentially open borders?

      We do not have anything close to open borders. It takes years and thousands of dollars to successfully immigrate and become a U.S. citizen.

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• Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They have upwards of 60,000 illegals in their care.

  60,000 * 300 * 365 is 6,570,000,000 dollars. Even if families get the same room, thats still well over a billion dollars. Thats just in NYC.

  I kinda feel bad for them, even if they did want to be a santuary city despite the warnings.

  The NYPost backs my math up. nypost.com/…/nyc-now-preparing-to-spend-staggerin…

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  • chulo_sinhatche@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The $300 average includes food and other services not normally included in a typical hotel rate. Also, the city can opt out of any of its individual contracts at any time if the migrant population in need of shelter reduces.

    This is not the same as housing the homeless, who often will need some form of housing and care from the city/state for their entire lives due to mental illness and/or disability. This is an investment in a future American workforce.

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    • Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      All true, but importing cheap labor is not a good thing for workers.

      Also, I still think 300 is quite high, even if food is included.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That is an insane amount.

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• ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Worked and paid taxes since I was 15. Veteran. Would have been nice if the government paid $300/night for a hotel room for me when I was homeless instead of leaving me to exhaust my 401(k)...

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