NYC Ends Deal With Pakistan: New York City has terminated a $ 220 million deal with a Roosevelt Hotel owned by the Government of Pakistan. This agreement was made to create a shelter site for refugees.
It is believed that the decision was taken after the pressure of Donald Trump and MAGA (Make America Great Again) supporters, opposing the illegal migrants with the money of American taxpayers.
Mayor Eric Adams canceled the agreement
Mayor Eric Adams canceled the deal under Trump’s pressure. Actually, the Roosevelt Hotel was opened to migrants in May 2023, with 1,025 rooms, which had $ 200 per night. The owner of the hotel is Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which in 2005 bought the Saudi stake and acquired it completely.
Maga supporters protest
When more than 4,000 migrants were reaching NYC every week, pictures of migrants camped outside the hotel further intensified the protest. Donald Trump and his supporters accused Democrats of keeping illegal migrants in “luxury hotels”. Maga chief Vivek Ramaswamy said, “Funding hotel ownership for illegal migrants is with the Pakistani government. NYC taxpayers are actually paying a foreign government to keep illegal migrants in their own country. This is madness. “
Trump’s revelations and FEMA fund freeze
Trump accused the Biden administration of giving $ 59 million to a New York secret hotel. Elon Musk, close to Trump, said, “The city was paying double the normal rate for migrants’ rooms.” The Trump administration freed $ 80 million in FEMA fund for NYC.
Allegations of being associated with terrorist organization
The Homeland Security Department claimed that the Roosevelt Hotel criminal gang was the whereabouts of ‘Train de Aragua’. The gang was involved in the murder of ‘Lacane Riley’, an American nursing student. This gang has now been declared a foreign terrorist organization.
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