So all these things will have to be brought in for them to travel. They would have to travel out of Floyd Bennett Field to go into the bigger population where they can seek those amenities. So we have a food desert, we have a jobs desert. So snap cards and work visas won't remedy these factors easily. We have a transportation problem. We don't have public transportation set up to move these folks to where they can be productive or participate in the economy. So what's the end game? What do we do? I think this last month we had 230,000 new crossings documented on the southern border, plus gotaways, so we assume it's a higher number than that. (03:49–04:08)
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Asserts that the area has a food desert, jobs desert, and transportation problems that cannot be easily remedied by SNAP cards and work visas.
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