According to multiple outlets, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly launched a criminal investigation into a New York City hotel operating as an immigration shelter on Wednesday.
Copy of federal summons obtained by New York Times and New York PostIt is reportedly reportedly sent to the Manhattan hotel Chandler. Prosecutors are requesting testimony and evidence related to immigration shelter programs on unspecified “violations” of federal immigration laws. According to The Times, prosecutors also requested a complete list of immigrants currently living in the hotel, including nationality, date of birth and number of identifications.
New York City is home to more than 160,000 immigrants as Democrat Eric Adams has repeatedly sought federal aid over the years. As shelters were built and schools and hotels were converted to accommodate the influx, the city spent $1.47 billion in asylum seeker shelters and services in fiscal 2023 and $3.75 billion in fiscal 2024. According to Data from the NYC Director’s office. (Related: DEM Mayor supports a $650,000 bill to prepare for a council hearing)
According to the Times, federal prosecutors requested that the hotel provide the name of the person responsible for “funding and management of the Illegal Immigration/Immigration Shelter Program,” and requested a potential contract or contract for a potential contract or contract associated with the program.
Recently arriving immigrants were waiting at a bus stop outside the Floyd Bennett Field Shelter on February 21, 2024 in New York’s Brooklyn Borough. (Photo by Angelaweis/AFP by Getty Images)
Despite the hotel’s Chandler transformed into a homeless shelter, the Times and New York Post report that the Midtown hotel is not being used by immigrants. but, Candler Building Times Square is used as a housing centre for illegal immigrants.
The DOJ move comes after the NYC Roosevelt Hotel, which was used as a shelter for illegal immigrants, began closure of its asylum arrivals centre and humanitarian emergency response and relief centres on February 24.
“Our city received 4,000 immigrants every week during the crisis, and now it’s falling to around 350 new arrivals each week,” Adams said.
Since President Donald Trump took office, his second administration has put in great effort to protect the illegal immigration crisis as millions have entered the United States under the Biden-Harris administration. The Trump administration, led by Tom Homan of the border and Christa Noem’s Department of Homeland Security, has made more than 30,000 US immigrants and customs enforcement arrests.
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