NYC boasts taxpayer-funded card program for illegal immigrants is helping lead nation through 'crisis'

NYC officials say a taxpayer-funded program that gives up to nearly $350 per week to migrant families is helping lead the nation on how to manage the "crisis" created by mass illegal immigration.

"New York City is leading the nation in managing this national humanitarian crisis, having cared for more than 203,900 migrants since the spring of 2022 and helping more than 65 percent move out of our care and take the next steps in their journeys," a city hall spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Kyle Morris covers politics for Fox News. Story tips can be sent via email and on X: @RealKyleMorris.

New York City officials began giving out prepaid debit cards to migrant families residing in the Big Apple earlier this year. The prepaid cards – the first of which were distributed in March as part of the city's Immediate Response Cards (IRC) program – are meant to be used only to purchase essential items like food.