President Biden and Congress should put the migrants crossing the Mexican border into a tent city in the National Mall — not the former Fort Wadsworth military base, Staten Island Borough President…
“Immigration is a federal responsibility … Staten Island didn’t cause this problem. Why is Staten Island being asked to solve the migrant crisis,” the former Republican congressman quipped. and the New York congressional delegation to introduce legislation requiring migrants to be sheltered on the National Mall that runs from the US Capitol building to the Lincoln Monument before burdening the Big Apple, where 100,000 migrants have sought assistance and shelter over the past year.
As first reported by The Post last week — City Hall and officials from the Department of Homeland Security are considering leasing a portion of Fort Wadsworth’s 226 acres, now run by the Nationaal Park Service, to shelter the ongoing surge of migrants. Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella suggested housing migrants on the National Mall instead of the former Fort Wadsworth military base on his borough.City Hall and the Department of Homeland Security are reportedly discussing creating a shelter for migrants at Fort Wadsworth.Fossella is asking Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and other New York House Republicans to introduce a bill requiring migrants to be sheltered on that National Mall instead of in the city.
Recently arrived migrants outside of the shelter at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan on August 14, 2023.A spokesperson for Mayor Adams said Tuesday that Fort Wadsworth is under consideration for a migrant encampment, but the Biden Administration has not approved the plan.Congresswoman Malliotakis said she’d push for a law barring migrants from being sheltered at any park or military site
“Whether it is Fort Wadsworth or the National Mall, Illegal immigrants should not be here, period. I’m currently drafting legislation to prohibit national parks and current and former military installations from being used but what we really need is for Chuck Schumer and the Senate to pass the border security act the House passed in May or to elect a new president who will undo President Biden’s executive orders,” she said.
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