Open-borders fanatics claim their policies come from a place of deep empathy, but a cursory look at US homeless data proves they’re lying.
January saw at least 550,000 people reported homeless — up 10% over the January 2023 figure, then the highest ever reported.
It’s no coincidence that same month saw the highest-ever number of illegal immigrants jumping the southern US border.
Indeed, Massachusetts data show that nearly half of the families in the state’s family shelter system are migrants.
Despite what the border-erasers scream, it’s commonsensical that the entry of huge numbers of people with no jobs or homes (or easy ways of getting either) would swell the ranks of the homeless.
Or that the new arrivals (most of them totally dependent on government benefits) would immediately become enormous drains on the social-services capacities of the towns and cities where they land.
To see the magnitude of the crisis, look at the projected cost of the migrant tsunami to New York City: expected to be north of $12 billion through next year.
Imagine what the picture looks like in the tiny towns like Eagle Pass and smaller cities like El Paso near ground zero of the crisis.
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On top of driving up homelessness and tax burdens, the sheer scale of the incoming waves guarantees social strain and decay.
And that’s to say nothing of the lone-wolf criminals and organized gang members who are streaming across as well.
There is not a single social ill in the United States that the migrant crisis has not made worse.
It utterly gives the lie to the “humanitarian” argument so beloved of progressives.
And proves yet again that Vice President Kamala Harris, a chief architect of the disaster, does not deserve anyone’s vote in November.
