Hochul Sets D.C. Visit To Plead With Biden Administration To ‘Restore the Rule of Law at Our Border’

Citing the ‘burden’ that sanctuary New York City faces in sheltering thousands of migrants, the governor is also allocating $2.4 billion — and pulling from the state’s emergency reserves — to address the ‘crisis.’

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Governor Hochul presents her executive state budget in the Red Room at the state Capitol. AP/Hans Pennink, file

Governor Hochul is proposing to draw hundreds of millions of dollars from the state’s reserves to help “manage” the migrant crisis, she announced Tuesday, furthering a sharp reversal from her previous encouragement of sanctuary protections and suggestions that illegal migrants are “good for our economy.” 

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