GOP lawmaker demands NYC drop charges against migrant shelter protestors
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Rep. Nicole Malliotakis spoke with Fox News Digital about reported plans of a nursing home in her district being converted to a migrant shelter and is calling for charges to be dropped against those who protested.
"They're very frustrated, because [they’re] being subjected to these backwards policies of prioritizing illegal immigrants over taxpaying citizens, so yesterday there was a peaceful protest . . . to express their outrage with the mayor's decision," Malliotakis told Fox News Digital in an interview Monday. Elizabeth Elkind is a reporter for Fox News Digital focused on Congress as well as the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and politics. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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"Arrests were made at the direction of the mayor, obviously. And it's frustrating, because, you know, the summer of 2020, we had rioters who assaulted police officers, who looted, who created all sorts of disruption, and all their charges were dropped. So I'm calling for equal treatment."