Late last month, Fox News confirmed that 4,500 migrants had been sent back to Texas using bus or plane tickets purchased by the city, which was first reported by Bloomberg News.
New York City is ending a program that provided prepaid debit cards to migrant families living in the sanctuary city.
"Through the immediate response cards pilot program, we were able to reduce food waste, redirect millions of dollars to our local economy, and provide more culturally relevant food to more than 2,600 migrant families in our care," Adams said.
New York City officials began giving out prepaid debit cards to migrant families residing in the Big Apple earlier this year.
The prepaid cards – the first of which were distributed in March as part of the city's Immediate Response Cards (IRC) program – are meant to be used only to purchase essential items like food.
Allowances for illegal immigrants residing in the city are distributed on a weekly basis until the end of their four-week hotel stays, with families of four with two children under the age of five receiving up to nearly $350 each week.
New York City, which has been overwhelmed by more than 200,000 migrant arrivals since 2022, has been providing settlement options to migrants since that time.
Migrants reach for food being handed out outside the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, Aug.
Migrants stand in front of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, which was converted into a city-run shelter in 2023.
In a statement obtained by FOX 5 New York, Adams announced the end of the immediate response cards pilot program.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-ends-taxpayer-funded-prepaid-debit-card-program-illegal-immigrants
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