Siena Poll: New Yorkers Support Using Federal Land to Shelter Migrants, NOT Building the Southern Border Wall, Amid Misconceptions About Immigration and Bias Questions

NOTE Besides being a small sample size (800), Sienna uses "a proprietary online panel" (384). In addition, all the questions were badly formed and wreak of bias & ignorance (see CROSS TABS). Press release for the poll (PR in pdf) (CROSS TABS)

dailywire.com More than four in ten New York state residents – 41% – said they support a border wall spanning the entire length of the country's southern border with Mexico, according to a Siena College Poll released Tuesday. ::: Even in New York City, 38% of city dwellers said they support a border wall.

thepostmillennial.com Despite being hit particularly hard by the recent wave of migrants, New York City residents held similar views to those living in the suburbs and upstate.

washingtonexaminer.com More than 75% of respondents said most immigrants want only to build a better life and that the country was built by people around the world, according to the Sept. 5-8 telephone and online survey by Siena College. ::: Seventy-two percent said immigrants bring vitality to America, and 60% believed businesses need immigrants to be successful. Slightly more people disagreed with the statement that immigrants take in more resources than they return in economic activity – 48% to 42%.

ny1.com By a 56%-36% margin, Siena poll respondents said they were in favor of the use of federally-owned land and buildings as shelters, and 59% said they were in favor of making it easier for migrants to get work authorizations. ::: The poll was conducted from Sept. 5-8, polling 414 New Yorkers via phone and 386 more from "a proprietary online panel of New Yorkers." The results have a margin of error of +/- 3.8 percentage points. For more results, click here.

UN's International Organization for Migration: US-Mexico Border World's Deadliest Migration Land Route in 2022

theblaze.com A United Nations agency found that the U.S.-Mexico border was the deadliest land migrant route in the world. ::: The International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that it had documented 686 deaths and disappearances of migrants traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border (in 2022) .

freebeacon.com He said that 350 deaths had been documented in 2022, compared with 245 in 2021 and less than 170 recorded in prior years. Most of the victims on Caribbean migration routes were people from the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. ::: The Darien Gap, a jungle border crossing between Panama and Colombia, saw 141 documented migrant deaths last year, according to IOM.

NOTE Link to press release is here. Link to data is here.

Rep Gaetz Send Letter to DHS Sec Mayorkas for Info on Illegal Immigrants after An Illegal Immigrant while DUI Severly Injured a Law Enforcement Officer

theepochtimes.com In a letter dated Sept. 11, Mr. Gaetz raised concerns about an incident that occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 19 in Chesapeake, Virginia. According to the letter, Yacarely Diaz-Castro, an illegal immigrant, collided with a Chesapeake police officer during a traffic stop while allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. ::: The impact sent the officer over a guardrail, resulting in severe injuries, including a fractured skull and a C6 vertebrae fracture, per court filings. The officer's injuries are said to potentially lead to a lifetime of physical impairment, Mr. Gaetz noted.

NOTE Here is a link to the press release. Here is a link to the letter in PDF.

2nd DAY: DHS Inspector General Report Finds DHS Loses Track of 177,000+ Illegal Aliens

thenewamerican.com The report reviewed "981,671 migrant records documented by USBP from March 2021 through August 2022" and found that one out of five illegal immigrant address records were either "missing, invalid, or not legitimate residential locations."

NOTE Yesterday several news outlets reported on this here a link to our OVERLOAD_Unload cluster on that. The link to the DHS OIG's report is here

2nd DAY: NYC Mayor Adams Announces Budget Cuts to NYPD Overtime .. (and more)

theblaze.com New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that there will be budget cuts of more than 15% to deal with the costs of a massive influx of illegal immigrants to the city. ::: With an estimated cost of $12 billion over the next three fiscal years, the city is scrambling to come up with ways to afford the crisis, as it appears to be unwilling to rescind its status as a sanctuary city.

CAPTURED Illegal Alien Convicted Killer on the Run in Pennsylvannia HAS BEEN CAUGHT

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams and POTUS Joe Biden have not Spoken Directly so far in 2023

washingtonexaminer.com Adams restated that he hasn't communicated with Biden since earlier this year while speaking to ABC7 New York on Tuesday. He first made the admission to CNN last month, revealing that he has not spoken to Biden in 2023 but remains in touch with White House officials on the matter. ::: "I spoke with the White House chief of staff yesterday and shared some of my thoughts and ideas," Adams said.

NOTE Both articles refernce an interview with ABC7NY. Link to show is here

Outside U.S. Migrant Stories - Germany Panama

See headlines below.