Former Democrat and Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona said she was “livid” with New York City receiving federal funds for housing migrants.
Sinema said that while the rest of the country was experiencing the effects of the border crisis, Arizona and Texas were getting hit the hardest.
“What we’re experiencing here in Arizona is matched only by what folks are experiencing in southern Texas,” Sinema said. “Those are the two communities that are experiencing this crisis.”
“The rest of the country is seeing some elements of it, but we are facing the brunt. And it is wrong and unfair that the money is going to places other than south Texas and south Arizona,” she added.
From Newsmax:
Sinema is referring to $104.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that New York City is set to receive to provide for, per estimates released Thursday, over 56,000 migrants that remain in its care. The money comes from the Shelter and Services Program, which she contends is meant to support "decompression at the border" – something for which New York City does not qualify.
