According to several reports, the Department of Justice has conducted a criminal investigation into two manhattan hotels being used as migrant shelters in two manhattan hotels.
According to CBS News, federal prosecutors sent a subponus to the Roosevelt Hotel, which was converted into a migrant shelter and intake center, as well as the Stewart Hotel, which was converted into a migrant shelter.
The prosecutors are seeking information about those who have stayed there, including their names and identifying the information.
In front of the historic Roosevelt Hotel, shelters seeking asylum were converted into shelter run by a city for newly incoming migrant families in New York City. (Through Selkuk Acar/Anadolu Agency Getty Image)
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As part of the investigation, the prosecutors also issued a sabpona to Hotel Chandler, although this feature is being used as a homeless shelter, not as a migrant shelter, according to reports.
According to the Fox 5 NY, the sub -pionus issued by the southern district of New York, refer to the alleged violation of the Federal Immigration Act, stating that the subponus was sent to hotels and not the city officials.
It asked the hotel to the hotel for the names of institutions and individuals responsible for the “illegal immigrant/migrant shelter program”, as well as any contract or agreement related to the New York Times report.
Hundreds of migrants are seen sleeping outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on 31 July 2023. According to several reports, the Department of Justice is investigating funds and operations in two manhattan hotels being used as migrant shelters. (Luiz C. Ribiro via Getty Image for NY Daily News)
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A spokesman for Mayor Eric Adams told the outlet that it could not comment on any type of federal investigation. Fox News Digital has reached the Mayor’s Office and Justice Department for further information.
Currently in January 2024, there are less than 45,000 migrants in city care below 69,000 high. The taxpayers of New York City have paid billions of dollars to pay for housing for more than 232,000, which have reached New York City since the spring of 2022.
The protesters opposed New York City’s response to the migrant crisis outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. (Julia Bonvita/Fox News Digital)
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The Roosevelt Hotel, which has around 1,000 rooms, has processed over 173,000 migrants since its inauguration in May 2023 and has become the focal point of the city’s migrant crisis over the last two years, as it was the first stop for many border crossrs.
According to reports, the New York City Hotel agreed to pay up to $ 220 million, owned by the Government of Pakistan. According to former investment banker and writer John Leefevre, the deal was allegedly part of the $ 1.1 billion IMF (International Monetary Fund) Bellout Package to help Pakistan avoid lapses on its international debt.
Adams has announced that the shelter would soon be closed, the New York Post reported a closed time of June.
