Anthony D'Esposito

The answer is securing our border. The answer is not migrant shelters at our National Parks.

No one comes to this great nation in search of the American dream to live in a shelter with thousands of others on Floyd Bennett Field.

Moving migrants to Floyd Bennett Field is not a solution, it is a problem.

I am proud to co-sponsor a bill introduced by fellow New Yorker, Congresswoman Malliotakis, H.R. 5283, Protecting Our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023.

We must find solutions to the migrant crisis. The answer is securing our border.

I argued that nobody, nobody, risks their lives coming into this country, crossing our Southern border, leaves their families behind and risks their lives for the American Dream, to live in an empty warehouse hanger at JFK Airport.

The NYPD works each and every day to keep New Yorkers and our millions of visitors safe, and they need each and every resource that they get to make sure they continue that mission.

Moving migrants to Floyd Bennett Field is not a solution, it actually furthers the problem.

When you have Ivy league professors saying publicly that they felt exhilarated by the images coming out of Israel, 'exhilarated' is not the word I would use to describe the decapitation of babies.

We need to increase our defense at home, and that includes securing our Southern Border.

I am glad to see that we are all looking for solutions to the failed policies of Joe Biden. What we are focused on today is the fact that military installations, our national parks, like Floyd Bennett Field, where military operations…

I have an amendment at the desk as the designee of Ms. Malliotakis. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following…

They never thought they were going to come into this country and that American dream was going to be living in a vacant hangar at JFK Airport.

They were going to welcome everyone with open arms. And now, we realized that there was actually no plan in place to be that sanctuary.

This problem that has been created by President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas, is going to destroy New York City

He said that this issue, the migrants coming into New York City could 'destroy New York.'

There is no question, from everything we have heard today and hearings that we have had across Capitol Hill over the last months, that President Biden's failed immigration policies, his dereliction of duty, alongside Secretary Mayorkas…

The only thing that has been historic is the amount of narcotics coming over our Southern Border

But what I also say is that the mayor touted the fact that New York City was a sanctuary city, but had absolutely no plans in place to actually serve as that sanctuary.

Let's be very clear. When people cross this border, when people risk their lives, when people come into this country, they don't do it--they don't want to achieve the American Dream living in a vacant hangar in JFK.

I fought so strongly to make sure that those individuals weren't leaving the TRACON facility.

You never want to hear the mayor of one of the biggest cities in the world saying that we have an issue that we are facing that we can't control that is going to destroy our city.

I think part of the problem is--and as someone--and I appreciate all of your time that you spent in emergency management.

This issue will destroy New York City.

Any time politics gets involved in law enforcement, it could be or lead to something very discuss.