The Biden administration is slashing through environmental protection rules and worries about policing and the health of illegal immigrants themselves as it rushes to erect a migrant camp on a national park site in New York City, local lawmakers told Congress on Wednesday.
There's no doubting New York City Mayor Eric Adams' liberal bona fides; he once denounced a political opponent for not defending Black supremacist Louis Farrakhan vociferously enough.
President Biden will attempt to stiffen international resolve and unity behind Ukraine and confront head on the rising global threats of authoritarian military aggression and autocracy during a major speech at the U.N. General Assembly next week.
As 10,000 asylum-seekers flood New York City each month, the response of some of our leading elected officials reminds me of Sgt. Schultz from the TV sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," who famously said, "I see nothing" ("New York Mayor Eric Adams warns that migrants will 'destroy New York City,'" web, Sept. 7).