You can't even allow them to volunteer to remove graffiti, deliver food and services. You couldn't do any of that. All of that was against the law. And Out of the $6.5 billion, the federal government wanted to give us, 200 million and only gave about 125 million. to provide for this service, which is a national problem, it's not a local problem. And so what it did was in addition to the countless number of people who were pursuing the American dream, it brought in a lot of. (31:33–31:42)
CLAIM
Asserts that the federal government intended to give $200 million but only provided $125 million to New York City for migrant services.
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