Political New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday that the area will discontinue its complimentary debit card system for illegal immigrants in the state’s homes following President-elect Donald Trump’s landslide defeat in the 2024 presidential vote.
The management of New York City unveiled a$ 53 million prepaid debit cards pilot programme in March to help homeless people who are living in city shelters pay for regular expenses like food and baby products.
In a four-week resort house system, illegal immigrants were given pre-paid bank accounts each month, according to Fox News. A family of four that had two children under the age of five could receive up to$ 350 per week as part of the program.
According to a report from Fox News, New York City officials claimed the city had conserve$ 600,000 annually from providing food to illegal immigrants living in city shelters as a result of the pre-paid debit card program.
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In a statement obtained by Fox 5, Adams said,” Through the quick response cards captain system, we were able to reduce food waste, transfer millions of dollars to our local market, and provide more culturally appropriate food to more than 2, 600 immigrant communities in our care,” according to Adams. We have chosen not to renew the crisis contract for this aircraft plan once the one-year term is over as we move toward more aggressive outsourcing for asylum seeker programs.
When the pre-paid debit card program was announced in March, Kayla Mamalek, an Adams spokeswoman, claimed that the pre-paid debit cards would ultimately save the city money by replacing the city’s former system of distributing boxes of non-perishable foods to illegal immigrant families, which the administration said were “often discarded”. According to The Post Millennial, food that was n’t” culturally sensitive” to illegal immigrant families was also criticized in the previous food distribution system.
According to Fox News, over 200, 000 illegal immigrants and other migrants have arrived in New York City since 2022, which has overwhelmed the city as it has attempted to provide food, shelter, and other resources.
