In a letter to President Joe Biden and congressional leaders, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and eight other Democratic chief executives call for lawmakers to “quickly” reach an agreement on a border security package “that includes federal coordination and decompression at the southern and northern borders and federal funding for both border and interior states and cities receiving new arrivals.”
In a nutshell, liberal policies created an immigration crisis that Democrats want to retroactively fix by throwing millions of taxpayer dollars at it.
“While the Biden Administration has made important progress in managing immigration at the Southwest border, the number of migrants arriving in states and cities seeking emergency shelter continues to increase at record pace,” they wrote. “States and cities have spent billions to address inaction by Congress and match these challenges with solutions for our state and local economies.”
The liberal governors of course claims the nation’s immigration system is “outdated and unprepared” to respond to “unprecedented global migration” and that the problems facing states will continue to fester unless the system is reformed.
The letter makes reference to President Joe Biden’s $106 billion supplemental funding request to address immediate national security concerns, which includes $4.4 billion in “desperately needed” funding for a federal migration strategy and $1.4 billion in aid to states and localities.
“Those funds would provide support to federal agencies for additional personnel to increase border security, add staff to accelerate processing times and eligibility determinations, and increase removal proceedings for those ineligible to stay in the United States,” they wrote.
“While political motivations continue to delay the negotiations, our economy, states and localities are bearing the brunt of the shortcomings of the existing immigration system,” they added.
The Center Square notes more than 10 million people illegally entered the U.S. from January 2021 to September 2023, according to the latest Homeland Security figures.
Besides Hochul, the letter was also signed by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
