Anyone that comes in the city, anywhere on the globe can come here and get shelter for as long as they want. I had to go to court and fight that and give a 30 and 60 day notification. That's how we dropped 220,000 that came here to now 50,000 because we said, you only going to stay in our shelter for 30 days. And we were forward on that. And so, yes, people were angry. They saw the headlines, look what our mayor is doing. But in reality, the mayor was handcuffed. (05:59–06:08)
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Asserts that the number of migrants in shelters was reduced from 220,000 to 50,000 by limiting shelter stays to 30 days.
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