Kat Cries Help! Gov. Hochul Calls Up More Guardsmen for NYC's Out-of-Control Migrant Crisis

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is tapping more National Guardsmen to assist with New York City’s unsustainable migrant crisis; she originally activated the state guard in October 2022.

According to estimates from The New York Post, more than 113,000 migrants have come through New York City since busing from the border began, with nearly 60,000 still in the city’s care.

“Gov. Kathy Hochul said the added Guardsmen will allow the state to dedicate a total of 250 of the 2,200 currently on duty to solely focus on case management for asylum seekers. The National Guard members will help migrants in filling out federal applications, locating housing and when possible, finding jobs,” The Post reports.

“You’ll be helping them get a job, helping them support themselves, helping them leave these shelters, because I believe they did not come all these thousands of miles to live in a shelter with hundreds if not thousands of others,” Hochul said to the Nation Guard members at the Harlem Armory.

“Give them what they want, which is a quick exit out of the shelter system.”

“We have the need [for jobs] and the demand [for workers],” Hochul said, adding, “Match them together and that’s how you take a crisis and turn it into an opportunity.”

Hochul recently sat down with CNN for an interview, encouraging migrants to pick a destination other than the Empire State if they plan on leaving their country.

Democrat Governor of New York Kathy Hochul to immigrants “We’re at our limit. If you're going to leave your country, go somewhere else”

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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 21, 2023