President Donald Trump’s quick work to crack down on illegal immigration has already paid off in the nation’s largest city, according to a New York State lawmaker.
“This is a victory for taxpayers and a disaster for the progressives that have set up policies that have hurt New Yorkers,” Republican New York Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz told Fox News Digital in reaction to New York Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement on Monday that the Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter in Manhattan will be shutting down in the next few months.
The hotel, which was converted into a migrant shelter with about 1,000 rooms, has processed over 173,000 migrants since May 2023, a response to the wave of migrants that began coming to the city in 2022 in search of asylum.
The Roosevelt Hotel’s shelter, along with the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center located on the site, will now be closed by June, a source told the New York Post.
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS SAYS NYC’S ROOSEVELT HOTEL MIGRANT SHELTER WILL SOON CLOSE
President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
“While we’re not done caring for those who come into our care, today marks another milestone in demonstrating the immense progress we have achieved in turning the corner on an unprecedented international humanitarian effort,” Adams said in a statement.
Adams also touted how his administration “skillfully managed the crisis,” in part thanks to “sound policy decisions” and the ability to continue helping “asylum seekers take the next steps in their journeys as they envision an even brighter future.”
However, Blumencranz believes much of the credit should go to Trump, whose executive actions on immigration have stemmed the flow entering the country and New York City.
“We’re not seeing the same volume of numbers as we saw during the Biden administration,”…
