NYC starts giving away prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants

New York City is now issuing prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants.

This is not a joke.

RELATED: That $53 Million Debit Card Scheme for Illegal Aliens in New York City Is Much Worse Than Initially Reported

Free money for newcomers!

Just two weeks after signing a controversial $53 million no-bid contract for the deal, New York Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has already launched a program to give prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants.

The New York Post reports that “staff from New Jersey company Mobility Capital Finance distributed eight pre-loaded Mastercards at the Roosevelt Hotel on Monday as part of the pilot program that will expand to 115 cards next week, a City Hall spokesperson said.”

“The one-year deal came under fire after The Post first revealed that the contract was negotiated without a typical bidding process,” the newspaper notes.

The story continued:

The program could be a boon for the tech startup, giving it the potential to earn $1.8 million through a cut of the money loaded onto each Mastercard, according to the contract.

The government has scaled back the original plan, which would have filled the cards with a monthly stipend for food and baby supplies. Cash now needs to be replenished every week.

A family with two parents and children under the age of five receives about $350 per week, the spokesperson said.

The Post was unable to locate any of the migrant families who received the cards Monday. Even the employees of the Roosevelt Hotel said they were unaware the cards had been distributed.

The pilot program will cover about 460 of the 64,500 migrants in the city’s care as City Hall evaluates its success.

City Hall then indicates that the move is intended to save money. They state that “the new process for feeding asylum seekers could save up to $600,000 per month.”

Encouraging illegal immigrants by handing them debit cards

This is not new news. In February, The Political Insider reported: “New York City is launching a $53 million program to provide prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants, allowing them to spend the money at local bodegas. Illegal aliens staying at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan are issued prepaid cards. They can use the money to spend on food and will reportedly only work at bodegas, supermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores.”

At exactly the time when we should be discouraging illegal immigration, New York City seems determined to encourage it.

Why do we keep putting ourselves through this problem, between our wide open border and stunts like this?