‘Let them work’: Hochul, Adams call on Biden to expedite work permits for migrants
over the past couple of weeks and the city received over 5,800 people last week.
Adams stressed that in most conversations he’s had with migrants in the city’s care, they’ve voiced their desire to work legally and if they’re not able to do it, it will be a “major impediment and disruption” in their pursuit of the American Dream. The event marked the first time Hochul has publicly joined Adams to demand action from Washington to ease the influx’s strain on the city’s resources. Adamsby fast-tracking clearance for recent arrivals to work legally, providing financial assistance and developing a strategy to spread migrants more evenly across the country.
If more migrants are allowed to work, the governor said there are several industries in the state with thousands of job openings they could help fill. There are 5,000 farm jobs, 5,000 food service jobs and 4,000 custodial jobs that are all waiting to be filled, she said.
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