HOCHUL: “I have 16 agencies sending volunteers identifying the individuals who can benefit, and let’s get them into the jobs we have.”

PHILLIP: “Just real quick before we go, does this make you understand better what border cities have been going through for years?”

HOCHUL: “Of course we do. We need a strong federal immigration policy, full stop. And that’s why instead of talking about shutting down the government, I’m calling on the nine Republican members of Congress from New York and the rest of our Republican leadership in Washington to do the right thing and meet with President Biden and come up with a comprehensive immigration plan that deals with the border but also takes care of the people who are here. That’s what we need.”

[Instead of tasking that to House Republicans, why not challenge President Biden to enforce the laws at the border first? Why not demand that Biden shut down the border and erect barriers all along it, and to build the border wall authorized by Congress in 2006? At least Eric Adams has *some* limit to his hypocrisy. — Ed]