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NYC launches $53M program to hand out pre-paid credit cards to migrant families

tommu56

tommu56

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I hope NY is footing the bill for that not the federal gobermint!
sorry for the NY tax payers you voted for people who wanted a sanctuary state.


Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will soon start handing out pre-paid credit cards to migrant families being put up in Big Apple hotels, The Post has learned.

The $53 million pilot program, run by the New Jersey company Mobility Capital Finance, will provide asylum seekers arriving at the Roosevelt Hotel with the city cash to help them buy food, according to city records.

It’ll start with a group of 500 migrant families in short-term hotel stays and will replace the current food service offered there, according to City Hall.

The cards can only be used at bodegas, grocery stores, supermarkets and convenience stores — and migrants must sign an affidavit swearing they will only spend the funds on food and baby supplies or they will be kicked out of the program.

The Immediate Response Card initiative appears akin to the state’s food stamp program, dubbed SNAP, which provides lower-income New Yorkers with a credit card to cover the cost of meals, and will provide funds based on the same scale.


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NYC launches $53M program to hand out pre-paid credit cards to migrant families

The $53 million pilot program, run by the New Jersey company Mobility Capital Finance, will provide asylum seekers with the cards as they arrive at the Roosevelt Hotel, according to city records.
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So, we're going to reward their illegal entry into our country with money for food? That's like if I broke into somebody's house and they treated me to a bologna sandwich.

They'll say that they have to do this because the migrants can't find work to make money. Then why are they here? Oh yeah, they broke in, probably hoping for this very thing, which will surely serve as further incentive for more people to illegally cross the border.

This is why immigration into the country must be controlled. We will always have a need for immigrants. We are a country of immigrants, after all. But at this point in history, we only benefit from immigration when the immigrants bring something to the table. When it's legal.

When they apply for a work visa, and we have need of their labor, then it's beneficial to both them and the country. Otherwise, it only creates economic and social problems. Every other modern country controls their immigration. It's not a hard concept.
 
FrancSevin said:
Why get a job and contribute if the state will provide a free income?
Don't we have enough "citizens" doing that now?
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Exactly. Welfare used to be just for those otherwise good citizens who absolutely could not provide for themselves, because we didn't want them and their children to starve. Over the years, it's turned into an entitlement for anyone who just refuses to work. We need serious reform to limit welfare programs in order to incentivize work again.
 
Welfare on one side of my wife's family actually seems to me to be a career.
Too lazy to work but got enough money for tattoos, and other body art, newer cars than I drive (but that's my choice for no payments).??????
 
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