With messages like: ‘You won’t be able to find work easily’, the mayor of New York tries to discourage immigrants from crossing from Mexico

New York has launched a new leaflet campaign at the southern border of the United States and at shelters in the metropolis and other parts of the country to discourage immigrants from coming to the city, following an increase in the flow of people crossing from Mexico to Mexico . Texas.

According to Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, the flyers, which will be distributed in the coming days, aim to “combat misinformation” at the border and other U.S. cities from which immigrants come nonstop to New York.

The messages on the billboards, with versions in English and Spanish, target every immigrant with messages such as: “You will not be housed in a hotel” and “New York City cannot help you obtain a work permit and you will not be are able to easily find work,” or “New York City’s resources are depleted.”

Also that “New York is one of the most expensive cities in the world; “It’s better to go to a more affordable city.”

The city has already received approximately 120,000, of which at least 60,000 are under its carewhich, together with homeless New Yorkers, includes a total of 113,000 people to whom the mayor’s office provides shelter and food, among other things.

The announcement comes after another massive wave of migrants entering border towns such as Eagle Pass, Texas, near the Rio Grande, where Mayor Rolando Salinas has declared a state of emergency.

“We want people to know what the city has to offer and what it can no longer offer,” said Anne Williams-Isom, New York’s Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services.

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Last July, the city launched its first campaign at the border with the message “Housing in New York is very expensive”; “There is no guarantee that we will be able to provide you with accommodations and services”; “The cost of food, transportation and other necessities in New York is the highest in the entire United States.”

They concluded with, “Please consider moving to another city when deciding where to settle in the United States.”

The thousands of people still under the city’s care prompted the mayor to take several measures, including: reduce stays in reception centers to 30 days.

For the Immigration Coalition, the new campaign is yet another example of “the outrageous and short-sighted behavior of Mayor Adams, who does not fully recognize the problem facing the city as an affordability crisis” and prefers to run these campaigns rather than to invest in policies that guarantee them permanent housing. (JO)