The Biden campaign has maintained that former President Donald Trump lied when he said during Thursday night's debate that undocumented immigrants were living in a luxury New York City hotel, but multiple reports have cast doubt on the campaign's claim.
Announced by President Joe Biden's campaign Note The memo, titled “50 Lies Trump Told on the Debate Stage,” follows the Democratic candidate's disastrous performance on Thursday night. The memo lists lies Trump told on the debate stage, including the claim about immigrants living in luxury hotels, which has been backed up by numerous reports. (Related: Biden administration preparing to offer deportation protections to hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the U.S.)
“[Biden] “If we open the border, nobody's ever seen anything like this,” Trump said midway through the debate, “and we have to get these people out of the country in large numbers and quickly, because they're destroying our country.”
“Look where they live,” Trump continued, “They're living in luxury hotels in New York City and other places.”
US President Joe Biden and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate for the 2024 election at CNN Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on June 27, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Caballero Reynolds/AFP) (Photo by Andrew Caballero Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
But in reality, New York City is converting at least one four-star hotel and other luxury hotels into shelters for immigrants living in the Big Apple.
New York City authorities have converted the four-star hotel Collective Paper Factory into an emergency shelter for the Department of Homeless Services and will begin accepting immigrants from around August 2023, the New York Post reported. reportChic Square Hotel He also converted. Another Post report said the plan was to convert it into housing for immigrants.
“Four-star hotels are considered luxury accommodations,” says hotel booking service Kayak. “Rooms are obviously spacious and feature top-quality linens, pillow-top mattresses, bathrobes, slippers, minibars, premium bath amenities, and fully equipped kitchens.”
The five-story Collective Paper Factory itself will feature a gym, restaurant, bar, meeting rooms for guests, and common areas, according to the Post.
“More services are offered and typically include a concierge, 24-hour room service and valet parking,” Kayak said of these four-star hotels.
other “DeluxeOver the past two years, New York City hotels have been converted into migrant housing, including The Row, a so-called “four-star hotel,” as officials there continue to grapple with the migrant crisis that has seen more than 200,000 migrants flood into the city since 2022. according to On-site report.
Check your facts too Exposed The New York Times “fact-checked” the Trump hotel remarks, citing the paper's previous reporting on the matter.
The Times said Trump's claim that the migrants were being put up in luxury hotels was “false”. It said the migrants were being put up in renovated “luxury hotels” and other locations. pic.twitter.com/FxAALtsQZH
— Elias Atienza (@AtienzaElias) June 28, 2024
In response to the influx of illegal immigrants, Mayor Eric Adams announced in September that he would cut the budget for government programs and services by 5 percent to cover housing and other services for them, and in August declared the city to be at “breaking point” because of the sheer number of immigrants.
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