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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing a plan to prioritize hiring
illegal aliens for state jobs by eliminating certain requirements like the civil service exam and high school diploma.

The aim is to expedite the process for illegal immigrants to secure state
jobs once they have work permits.

“Hotel owners and restaurant owners coming to me: ‘Can you send some of
the migrants up here? We need them.’ I hear this in every corner of the
state,” Hochul said.

Mayor Eric Adams also supports this initiative, aiming to address labor shortages.

“I would love to get migrants and asylum seekers to help with the
lifeguard shortage. We’ve been successful in getting almost 30,000 people
to [file] applications, including work authorization, asylum, TPS — we
want more,” Adams said.

State Senate Labor Committee chair Jessica Ramos advocates for putting
illegals ahead of citizens in job opportunities, proposing higher taxes on
the wealthy to fund these positions.

“I think that every single New Yorker that can and wants to work should be
able to work, especially, I think, when we start looking at our state jobs
and how many of them are readily available,” Ramos said.

“In a state where we see that income inequality is worse than ever — we
had 120 billionaires in New York state prior to the pandemic, we’re up to
135 today — that only means that more money is being hoarded,” she said.
“It is not being circulated in our communities,” Ramos said.

However, New York is experiencing an exodus of both the wealthy and the
working class due to high taxes and unfriendly business policies.

https://www.stateofunion.org/2024/03/02/kathy-hochuls-plan-to-prioritize- illegal-immigrants-for-ny-jobs/

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