Gov. Hochul Offers Migrants Thousands Of Government Jobs

In the wake of an immigration crisis that has resulted in attacks on police officers and brazen crime sprees across her state’s biggest city, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has repeatedly insisted that her biggest priority is not protecting American citizens but ensuring undocumented migrants can find jobs.

During a public address in October, she declared: “We’ve now identified — this is a new release — 32,000 jobs are waiting for the Venezuelans who up until now have not been able to work. Once people have their legal status, there are jobs waiting for them.”

Earlier this month, she followed up on her push to roll back work restrictions on undocumented migrants by announcing that the state will now be offering thousands of temporary government jobs to non-citizens.

“I have 10,000 openings in the New York State workforce,” she said, claiming: “These are all legal people.”

Her administration has reportedly identified roughly 4,000 positions at various state agencies that will be available in the short term as New York stakes its claim as the first state to grant migrants broader access to government positions.

“I’m anxious to get this moving quickly,” she said. “When we get them approved, we can get them matched to jobs.”

As the governor asserted last year, her response to what she acknowledged was a crisis involved relaxing immigration laws on the books in order to fast-track undocumented migrants into the state’s workforce.

“Migrants and asylum seekers came here to work, so let’s put them to work,” she said at the time. “Right now, we have a migrant crisis and a workforce crisis. By connecting work-eligible individuals with jobs and opportunity in New York, we can solve them both and secure a brighter future for all New Yorkers.”

The steady flow of migrants fighting for jobs has not been embraced by those New Yorkers who say that they are losing their opportunity to make a living as a result.

One such self-described “old timer” interviewed by the New York Post in September shared his perspective.

“If you can get the work done cheaper you are going to use those guys,” he said. “You are not going to pay $200 when you can get [it for] $40. Anything you give them, they’ll take it. I’m an old guy. … Get the f— out of here. I’m not taking it.”