NYC Mayor Eric Adams Has A 6-Point Plan For Tackling the "Immigration Explosion"

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Eric Adams, NYC mayor, has a 6-point plan for tackling what he terms the "immigration explosion" on the U.S./Mexico border:

1. a government official solely focused on overseeing the migrant response and coordinating all relevant agencies and government entities, including the U.S. Border Patrol;
2. a decompression strategy at the border that evaluates asylum claims, establishes a plan for each migrant’s arrival — before entry into the United States — and a system to fairly distribute newcomers regionally;
3. additional congressionally allocated funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to implement that strategy at the border and in the localities where the migrants end up;
4. expedited right-to-work status for asylum seekers who are allowed to enter the country;
5. a clear, congressionally passed pathway to residency or citizenship for those who enter this country legally;
6. leadership that takes an all-hands-on-deck approach by bringing together nonprofits, the faith-based community and the private sector, alongside state and local government, to meet this challenge.

For his full explanation, check out his WaPo opinion piece.

I could talk about each one of these, but it's #5 that's got me wondering who is helping him draft/write/craft the wording of his plan. Surely he doesn't actually mean that every individual who "enter[s] this country legally" should have a path to citizenship. Tourists enter legally. I imagine not them. Asylum seekers can enter the country legally (getting paroled in after seeking asylum at a POE for example), but they may or may not actually qualify for asylum. But, hey, I'm not a politician. Caveats on caveats are probably boring to most and certainly are not conducive to soundbites.

-KitJ