N.Y.C. evicts 94-year-old veteran, dozens of seniors to make room for illegal immigrants

Ninety-four-year-old Frank Tammaro was one of eight veterans and 53 seniors who lived in the Island Shores Senior Residence in New York City when they were abruptly evicted to make room for the city’s influx of illegal aliens.

"I do get upset when I see them handing out all this money and all these things, and I'm paying taxes and getting kicked out," Tammaro told Fox News. "I've never got anything from the city. Or the state," he noted, adding that “getting thrown out of a house” was a “horrible” experience.

Last September, Shores’ residents were quietly informed that the facility was being sold and that they needed to move out. Most of the seniors, including Tammaro, ignored the request until they were later updated that they only had a few weeks to find someplace new to live.

"It was scary," the Korean War veteran remembered. "Especially when I don't get around like I used to. I didn't know where I was going."

Despite the inconvenience, Tammaro and his fellow seniors were repeatedly assured that the facility was only temporarily being closed to switch hands to new management, which would likely reopen a senior residence. However, they soon discovered that it was a lie.

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Since early 2022, more than 130,000 migrants have entered New York City, resulting in humanitarian, housing, and economic crises. According to the New York Times, city officials “have struggled to respond as people from all over the world have arrived, sometimes by the thousands each week. Many have sought shelter with the city, which has a legal obligation to give beds to anyone who asks.” Mayor Eric Adams, who previously touted his city’s sanctuary status, recently cautioned that there is “no more room in New York.”

In the wake of this state of emergency, the city has resorted to housing migrants in hotels, emergency shelters, public schools, parking lots… and Frank Tammaro’s former senior residence.

In August, Tammaro and his daughter, with whom he now lives, learned that Island Shores Senior Residence had opened its doors to provide free housing for illegal aliens. Even as it was discovered that as many as 31 migrants were sharing three-bedroom homes in the city, the former retirement community went back on its promise to reopen for seniors and instead welcomed 15 asylum-seeking families.

"I don't understand it at all,” Tammaro’s daughter expressed. “It's not fair to anybody. These migrants, they're getting everything. They're getting everything and I can't get nothing for [my dad]. It angers me."

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While Mayor Adams faces criticism for promoting N.Y.C.’s sanctuary status in the past and allegedly masking the number of migrants entering the city, he, in turn, has turned criticism toward the federal government, blasting President Joe Biden and D.C. for turning their backs on the dilemma of their own making.

This crisis perfectly highlights the failures of Washington’s immigration policy. Even as cities and residents, including Frank Tammaro, pay the price for an open southern border, D.C. seems unwilling to address the problem.

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