FOX News' Nate Foy reports from outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on how the city is handling the migrant crisis as more are expected to arrive.agreed with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Saturday, arguing that New York City’s"Right to Shelter Law" must be changed. OFFICIALS OF SUBURBAN NY COUNTY FUME AT ERIC ADAMS AFTER 31 MIGRANTS DISCOVERED IN THREE BEDROOM HOUSE
Former President Bill Clinton agreed with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Saturday, arguing that New York City’s"Right to Shelter Law" must be changed."They come here, and we’re supposed to shelter people who can’t get work permits for six months. We need to change that," he said, claiming that migrants have a right to begin"paying their way" in American society.
"They ought to work," Clinton said."They need to begin working, paying taxes and paying their way. Most of these people have no interest in being on welfare." The former president said that America's low birth rate requires that the economy be shored up by either"immigrants or machines.""We should build more housing just over the Rio Grande, and Mexico, I think, would support that," he said."Keep people there, and let them in as quickly as possible if they are going some place where we know they can get a job and they’ll be welcome.
Clinton claimed that the"chaos" around the migrant crisis has been"very beneficial for the Republicans," especially since the"immigration system that is not well manned and there are not enough facilities along the border.""But the Democrats lost enough seats in New York because of reaction to the crime problem here and the sense that — we didn’t have — we, my party — didn’t have a good common-sense approach to it," he said, referring to the migrants.