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Mayor Eric Adams said the ongoing influx of asylum seekers is threatening the citys already fragile economy, and hinted at legal action against Republican-led Southern states.

This is undermining our economy and is undermining our attempt to recover in our cities that were already dealing with crises, from COVID to monkeypox, to crime, to housing, Adams, who has prioritized jump-starting the citys economy by relying on the businesses, said in his first wide-ranging interview on Spectrum News/NY1 since becoming mayor.

Adams remarks come as he faces continued criticism over his plan to temporarily house asylum seekers in tents that critics say are located in inaccessible areas prone to flooding. More than 16,000 migrants have arrived in New York City so far this year, according to estimates from the mayors office, which believes the vast majority have been bused to the city.

On Monday night, the mayor announced he was relocating the tent city from Orchard Beach in the Bronx to Randalls Island a day after video surfaced showing the location was flooded. On Wednesday evening, Adams said his administration was doing everything it could, but needed assistance from Washington.

I'm not going to pit everyday New Yorkers against migrants and I'm not going to take away resources that we have to really allocate for everyday New Yorkers, Adams said. This is a national problem, it needs national response, and that is why we call on Washington to respond to this on a national level.

Piling onto the criticism of the mayors tent city plan, the City Council offered its own solution in a press release on Wednesday, with Speaker Adrienne Adams proposing the city remove migrants from the tent locations and put them into 10 large-scale hotels. Among these hotels would be the Gramercy Park Hotel, which is set to permanently close.

Given its own flood risks in the middle of hurricane season and colder temperatures from exposure to the East River as winter approaches, Randalls Island is inconsistent with humanitarian relief, the speaker said in a statement.

The plan also calls for fast-tracking the transitioning of sheltered homeless individuals into permanent housing in order to free up capacity.

In response, the mayor said he was open to hearing the City Councils ideas, which he told anchor Errol Louis he hadnt seen yet.

I'm looking forward to sitting down with the Council and Councilwoman Adrienne Adams, our speaker, and come up with those solutions, Adams said.

The mayor suggested racism toward him and the mayors of two other cities Chicago and Washington D.C. might factor into Republican governors decisions to send migrants to the city.

I dont know if its Black mayors, or if its just going to Northern cities, but something is wrong, the mayor said. I mean, we have thousands of cities in this country. Why are we specifically targeting Washington, Chicago, and New York? Theres something wrong with that.

He also said Sylvia Hinds-Radix, the citys Corporation Counsel, has been reviewing every legal ground to ensure we protect New Yorkers from this assault on our city. He argued that the the crisis is keeping the city from moving in a direction that we believe it should go into.

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WASHINGTON Two migrant buses from Del Rio, Texas, arrived near Vice President Kamala Harris' residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., Thursday morning.

Over 100 people who were picked up in Eagle Pass, Texas, were sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The group includes migrants from Venezuela, Uruguay, Colombia and Mexico. Multiple migrants, asked by Fox News Digital, said they think the border is open, contrary to what Harris said Sunday during an interview.

This latest convoy of buses arrived just hours after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis followed through on his similar promise to drop off illegal immigrants in progressive states, sending two planes full of migrants to Marthas Vineyard on Wednesday.

A representative from a non-governmental organization called Sanctuary DMV showed up and told the migrants they would be going to a local church.

TEXAS BUSES TAKING MIGRANTS TO NYC SETS OFF FIRESTORM FROM DEMS, ABBOTT TELLS THEM TO TAKE IT UP WITH BIDEN

Two buses carrying migrants from Del Rio, Texas, arrived near Vice President Kamala Harris' Naval Observatory residence in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Fox News Channel)

Carla Bustillos of Sanctuary DMV said they were "at Union Station since 6 in the morning waiting" and "just heard 20 minutes ago that the drop-off was this one."

"Weve already set up a church and a location a safe location for them to tell us where they need to go next, where they have relatives," she continued.

The ongoing relocation of incoming illegal border-crossers has become a popular method of protest for southern states overrun with migrants that are feeling ignored by President Biden's administration.

Two buses carrying migrants from Del Rio, Texas, arrived near Vice President Kamala Harris' Naval Observatory residence in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Fox News Channel)

Migrants arrived from Del Rio, Texas, outside Vice President Kamala Harris' residence in Washington, D.C., Thursday. (Tyler Olson/Fox News Digital)

"I was surprised to see [the press] here before we could get here. So the press knew the location before we did, some of the volunteers its very frustrating," Bustillos said. "Were gonna make it happen, but it takes a lot of resources, a lot of effort."

AS TEXAS SENDS THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS TO SANCTUARY CITIES, LIBERAL MAYORS SCRAMBLE TO RESPOND

Abbott has sent dozens of buses filled with border-crossers to Washington, D.C., New York City and Chicago in recent weeks.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott. (Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images)

Abbott argues that border towns in Texas are overwhelmed, and those in power in D.C. and NYC should face the realities of the border crisis.

DC MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER DECLARES EMERGENCY OVER MIGRANT BUSES FROM TEXAS, ARIZONA

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency last week over the buses of migrants' continued arrival in the city from Texas and Arizona.

Bowser's emergency declaration will set aside funding to accommodate migrants as well as create the Office of Migrant Services. The OMS will be tasked with providing temporary accommodations, urgent medical needs, transportation" and other services for migrants.

ILLINOIS CALLS UP NATIONAL GUARD TO HANDLE MIGRANTS, CHICAGO WANTS FEDERAL MONEY DIVERTED FROM TEXAS

Brianne Nadeau, a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, blamed the governors of Texas and Arizona for the city's public migrant emergency.

Speaking in a situational update on migrant support alongside Bowser, she said Thursday that the city's systems were not set up to serve the migrants that continue to arrive in the city from the southern states.

"So, it's been said, but it's worth reiterating, that the governors of Texas and Arizona have created this crisis. And, the federal government has not stepped up to assist the District of Columbia," she told reporters. "So we, along with our regional partners, we'll do what we've always done. We'll rise to the occasion."

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the migrants arriving to D.C. pose a 'humanitarian crisis.' (Brian Stukes/Getty Images)

Abbott argues that border towns in Texas are overwhelmed, and those in power in the liberal-run cities should face the realities of the border crisis.

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Bowser has twice now requested that the National Guard be activated to assist with thousands of migrants arriving in the nations capital. Both requests have been denied by the Pentagon.

Fox News' Adam Shaw, Nikolas Lanum, Julia Musto, and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.

Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com

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El Paso has launched a new online migrant dashboard as over 60,000 border crossers have passed through the overwhelmed Texas city in the last six months.

The citys new Migrant Situational Awareness Dashboard provides weekly statistics on the number of migrant encounters reported by federal agencies as well as data on those released into the community and the number of migrants provided services at El Pasos Migrant Welcome Center.

The new data center was introduced as El Paso has extended an emergency declaration as it struggles to handle its ongoing migrant crisis as people cross the border in record numbers.

According to the city, more than 62,000 people passed through El Paso from April 2022 to mid-September 2022. In September alone, over 13,000 have passed through El Paso the highest number the city has experienced.

Agents from US Customs and Border Protection are encountering a weekly average of 2,100 migrants per day, data shows. Approximately 70% of the individuals and family units come from Venezuela.

The city has served over 16,600 migrants at its welcome center, where they are given food, water and assistance to get to their desired destination.

The crisis influx has been a major economic burden for El Paso, costing the city as much as $10 million per month, prompting the officials to begin sending migrants to sanctuary cities such as New York and Chicago.

Last month, the City of El Paso was spending $300,000 a day to shelter, feed and send asylum-seeking immigrants to New York City with the blessing of Mayor Eric Adams as well as Chicago.

City officials said El Paso is chartering nine to 14 buses a day, according to KFOX. The city is expecting $2 million in federal assistance money to help with the situation.

So far this year, the city has chartered travel for over 12,000 migrants 9,350 bound for New York City and another 2,664 for Chicago, according to the dashboard.

The number of migrants sent to New York City from Democrat-led El Paso is double the number of migrants shipped to the Big Apple by Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbot, accounting for 42% of the migrants who have arrived since May.

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EL PASO, Texas The recent surge of migrants across the southern border has strained city resources and homeless shelters in El Paso, but residents Fox News spoke with were split on whether the increase is cause for concern.

"I think it's great that Joe Biden let everybody in," Michael said. "This country could use workers of all kinds. Right? Teachers, Venezuelan restaurants. And I think it's a good thing for America."

Residents of the border city are used to migrants filtering through, but have noticed an increase in the last few months. Last week, photos showed crowds of migrants camped out on city streets as local homeless shelters ran out of room. Now the sidewalks are clear of sleeping bags and tents and there are less frequent crowds outside the Greyhound station, but shelter workers aren't sure how long the lull will last.

Carmen told Fox News she's "very disappointed" with the city's response.

EL PASO MAYOR SAYS CITYS GOAL IS TO HELP BUS MIGRANTS TO THEIR DESTINATIONS, TREAT THEM LIKE HUMAN BEINGS

Michael from El Paso says he supports the city's bussing of migrants to other destinations in the U.S. (Fox News Digital)

"I think they need to find a way to get things going better for [the migrants] and for us," she said. "They're just sleeping everywhere and anywhere, and there's no more room on the homeless shelters anymore. So, you know, it's pretty bad."

Republican Govs. Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida have faced criticism for bussing migrants to blue cities, with some Democrats comparing the practice to "human trafficking."

El Paso has also sent more than 80 busloads of migrants to New York City and Chicago as of Thursday, Deputy City Manager Mario DAgostino told Fox News. But Mayor Oscar Leeser, a Democrat, has been largely exempt from criticism. Leeser said the city is sending migrants where they want to go.

TEXAS BORDER MAYOR BLAMES BOTH PARTIES FOR MIGRANT CRISIS

"We would never use people as pawns to send them anywhere else," Leeser said. "We want to send them to say where they want to go, where they got friends and family."

Michael said he supports the city's bussing of migrants to other American cities as long as the migrants had family or other connections in those places.

"If they don't, then they should provide some kind of shelter right here in El Paso until they can get on their feet," he said.

A Customs and Border Protection bus drops off dozens of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, at the City of El Paso's migrant welcome center Sept. 22, 2022. (Fox News Digital)

Carmen agreed that other cities should share the responsibility of caring for migrants.

"El Paso is already overwhelmed with so many people," she said.

Jose told Fox News he knows the influx of migrants is "a burden for the city," but said America has played a role in destabilizing Latin American governments for decades.

"Our government has sent dictators into other countries that have caused hardship for these people," he said. "So now we as a country have to help these people out."

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Jose described the strain on shelters and the city as a "temporary discomfort." He said he hopes other states will continue to take in some migrants as well.

"My parents also came to this country with no documents, but they stabilized," he said. "They were able to get their immigration documents. And we've thrived. We've contributed to the community in many ways."

Jose says American cities should welcome migrants despite the "temporary discomfort" and strain on resources. (Fox News Digital)

Jose's son, Jose Jr., told Fox News he thinks Americans across the country should welcome migrants into their communities.

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"It's America," he said. "We've always told people this is a land of opportunity. And if you are willing to take that time and work towards a better opportunity in life, then this is where you're going to come and thrive."

Leeser said safety is the city's top priority moving forward.

"Having people on the street would not be what you would want to do in your community," he said. "El Paso is one of the safest cities in the country and will continue to be."

Hannah Ray Lambert is an associate producer/writer with Fox News Digital Originals.

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