The Concern: Sen. Chuck Schumer’s declare that he’s working to handle the migrant disaster in New York.
I wholeheartedly agree along with your latest editorial condemning Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ disappearing act through the immigration disaster that’s destroying New York Metropolis (“Chuck’s Unhelpful ‘Assist.’ ” Sept. 12).
Schumer, one of the highly effective Democrats within the nation, has demonstrated a historical past of cowardice ever since being elected Senate Democratic chief.
As a working towards Jew, he has didn’t name out the toxic antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment expressed by members of the Squad, particularly by Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, whereas blindly supporting President Biden’s failed insurance policies on the financial system, open borders and power manufacturing.
Then again, Jeffries, who acts like a self-centered elitist, appears to be too busy to fret about mundane points like immigration.
With pals like these, Mayor Adams’ goose is cooked.
Anthony Scro
Whitestone
Whereas President Gerald Ford informed New York Metropolis to “drop lifeless” virtually 50 years in the past, it’s Biden who’s plunging the knife into town’s again along with his open-borders coverage.
Adams can’t presumably deal with the issue of migrants flooding into town with out extra federal assist, but prime Democrats Schumer and Jeffries do nothing significant to assist town or state.
Getting work permits for these folks will solely function a magnet to draw much more unlawful migrants to town, the place colleges, housing and the NYPD are already overburdened.
There is just one answer.
Shut the border to unlawful migrants till significant immigration reform is enacted.
Sadly, that is one thing that Biden and progressives like Schumer and Jeffries refuse to do.
Mel Younger
Lawrence
This mass invasion of so referred to as “migrants,” in actuality unlawful immigrants, lies on the toes of the Democratic Social gathering.
Biden invited the migrants to cross our border and Adams invited them to return to his metropolis.
It looks as if they couldn’t determine that rewarding unlawful habits would simply invite extra of it.
Schumer blames everybody besides the true offender — town and state’s Democratic politicians, who’re extra concerned with virtue-signaling than the welfare of their constituents.
They put their private welfare over the whole lot.
Steve Heitner
Center Island
Though I don’t reside in New York, I can’t sit by whereas Schumer, a pacesetter within the Senate, says he can’t assist New York — the state he represents — with its immigration issues greater than he’s presently doing (which in my thoughts could be very little).
It’s a slap within the face to New York and to the nation, and the present administration ignores the issue.
Harry Ruffalo
Phoenix, Ariz.
New York’s prime Democrats, from Schumer to Jeffries to Gov. Hochul and Adams, are complicit with brainless “Open Borders” Biden in inflicting this manufactured migrant mess.
Defending sanctuary cities and states, granting these so-called “asylum seekers” work permits and doubling down on their ludicrous linkage of border safety to “complete immigration reform” is a recipe for additional catastrophe.
James Hyland
Beechhurst
Schumer thinks that discussing the migrant state of affairs at a state truthful in Syracuse, a whole lot of miles away from New York Metropolis, proves he’s “doing one thing” about this fiasco that’s destroying New York.
Additional, giving unlawful migrants work authorization, as Schumer claims he’s engaged on, can be the worst factor that might occur.
It will incentivize thousands and thousands extra to illegally soar the border, which is open due to Biden.
Arlene Ross
Forest Hills
So Schumer and Jeffries are supposedly working behind the scenes to assist New York with the migrant disaster?
When was the final time a politician did one thing he was pleased with and didn’t boastfully take credit score for it?
Mike Cavanaugh
East Rockaway
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