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Popular short-term housing and vacation stay rental service Airbnb admitted it made a “mistake” in banning conservative provocateur Lauren Southern’s parents from using its service this week.

According to Southern, a far-right content creator who used to work for conservative Canadian outlet “Rebel News,” Airbnb alerted her parents that they were barred from renting a property for a “romantic getaway” because of their daughter’s political activity. 

Airbnb had banned Southern previously and claimed it extended that ban to her parents. 

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Right-wing journalist Lauren Southern was barred from entering the U.K. (Facebook/Lauren Southern)

Southern revealed the ban Tuesday on Twitter, writing, “My parents just got banned from AirBnB for being related to me. They have never booked anything for me. They do not represent me in any way. They aren’t publicly political in any way.”

She asked, “How is this sane in any way @Airbnb[?]” In addition to her question, Southern shared an image of the official notice that was provided to her parents after they tried to book their getaway.

It stated, “We’ve removed you from the Airbnb platform because your account is closely associated with a person who isn’t allowed to use Airbnb. This means you’ll no longer be able to book reservations on Airbnb.”

It further elaborated, “For the safety of our community, we may remove accounts that are closely associated with people who aren’t allowed to use Airbnb.”

The notice offered Southern’s parents options for a refund and stated they could appeal the decision.

Southern posted a subsequent tweet defending her parents, insisting they have nothing to do with political activism. She wrote, “My parents are some of the sweetest people I know. They were just planning a romantic getaway, they aren’t political activists.”

She then dinged the company, adding, “All I’ve learned is that if governments and corporations can’t shut you up by harming you, they’ll now go for your families.”

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Airbnb admitted it was a mistake to ban parents of a right-wing YouTuber from using its platform recently. (AP)

The tweets gained massive attention on Twitter, with the original one being viewed by more than eight million people. It prompted “Tucker Carlson Tonight” producer Gregg Re to seek answers from the company. He corroborated Southern’s account and relayed that the company told him it reversed its decision on Wednesday.

Re tweeted, “Update: @Airbnb tells me it was a ‘mistake’ to ban Lauren’s family members. Decision ‘reversed.’ They say Lauren is still banned, although the spokesman did not explain why. He says that’s forthcoming in an email. Also he denied Jay Carney is targeting political dissidents.”

Conservative outlet The Daily Wire confirmed the reversal as well, reporting that the company provided them with a statement, saying, “We have reinstated their accounts and apologized to them for this mistake.”

Though Southern denied it was a mistake. Following the reversal, she tweeted “My parents never appealed the decision. They’re trying to make this look like a mistake due to bad PR. It was not. They just miscalculated how far they could go. How about the truth for a change?”

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Airbnb has a history of making business decisions in accordance with liberal politics. Fox News Digital reported in December that the company’s updated inclusivity policy banned renting out homes or rooms that have been associated with slavery in the past. 

The outlet noted that Airbnb “immediately removed listings that included former slave houses and started working with experts such as historic preservation architect Jobie Hill ‘to address other US-based properties and Experiences associated with slavery.’”

Airbnb has removed approximately 30 listings that included places where enslaved people used to live or work.  (Photo Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Democrats in Pennsylvania have won control of the state House of Representatives after besting Republicans in three special elections on Tuesday, reaching a majority in the chamber for the first time in 12 years.

The Associated Press called the three races, all in the Pittsburgh area, ending a monthslong stalemate over which party would control the House. Democrats now hold 102 of the 203 seats that make up the chamber, giving them a slim one-seat majority. 

Republicans went into the November general election with a 113-89 seat majority, but lost 12 of them to Democrats. 

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The Pennsylvania state Capitol in Harrisburg is seen on Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

One Democratic member passed away from cancer ahead of the election in October, and two subsequently resigned after winning higher office, leaving three vacant seats and a slim 101-99 margin for Republicans.

Prior to Tuesday’s special elections to fill those three vacant seats, Republicans sought to strike a deal to avoid losing their majority by supporting state Rep. Mark Rozzi, a Democrat-turned-independent, to be House Speaker. 

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Part of the deal was for Rozzi to drop his Democratic Party registration and become a registered independent, which would have left the chamber in a tie. He didn’t, however, drop his Democratic registration and ultimately recessed the House indefinitely after a consensus couldn’t be reached on a piece of legislation.

Pennsylvania House Speaker Mark Rozzi says he has no intentions to step aside for conventional Democratic leadership in his chamber. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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With a clear majority, Democrats are expected to put up another candidate for speaker and oust Rozzi, but it is unclear which candidate might have the votes to win the job.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

FIRST ON FOX: GOP Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is proposing major overhauls to the state’s education system, tackling issues from teacher wage increases to school choice to eliminating critical race theory (CRT) in curriculum, Fox News Digital learned exclusively. 

On Wednesday, Sanders’ office is expected to propose legislation to be considered by the Republican-controlled state legislature, called “Arkansas LEARNS,” as one of her first major pushes since taking office as the nation’s youngest governor.

The bill, if it passes, would increase the current base salary for teachers from $36,000 to $50,000 which would rank Arkansas 4th highest base-salary for teachers in the nation. The measure would also provide 12 weeks paid maternity leave and merit-based bonuses of up to $10,000. 

Sanders’ bill will also eliminate any CRT or “indoctrination” in curriculum.

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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks after taking the oath of the office on the steps of the Arkansas Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Little Rock, Ark. (The Associated Press)

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The measure is also aimed at broadening school choice, with the goal of adopting full universal choice for all Arkansas families by school year 2025-2026. 

Currently in Arkansas, only 35% of students in third grade can read at grade level. To combat the issue, Sanders’ bill will fund 120 new literacy coaches to be deployed across the state to “maximize student learning,” and $500 of supplemental education services per year per any student from kindergarten to third grade who’s struggling to read at grade level. 

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former Trump White House press secretary. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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Before advancing to the fourth grade, students will be required to read at a third grade level.

As part of Arkansas LEARNS, students will be required to complete 75 hours of community service to graduate high school. High school students will be offered dual-track diplomas that will benefit students entering the workforce directly after graduation and help them qualify for high-paying jobs. 

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.  (AP Photo/Will Newton)

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Sanders, who delivered the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, is expected to unveil her education package on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. CT from the state capitol. 

A city bus crashed into a day care center north of Montreal on Wednesday, leaving two children dead and sending six children to the hospital, officials said. The bus driver was arrested and charged with homicide and careless driving.

Police set up a large perimeter around the building housing the day care in Laval, Quebec, and panicked parents who ran to the center were diverted to a nearby elementary school. Dozens of police and emergency vehicles lined the blocked-off road leading to the day care.

Laval police spokesperson Erika Landry identified the driver as a 51-year-old employee, but did not release his name. Laval Mayor Stéphane Boyer said the driver has worked for Societe de transport de Laval for about 10 years and has no incidents of note in his file.

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“There is a theory that it was an intentional act, but that remains to be confirmed by the investigation,” Boyer said. Added Landry, “As of now, we don’t know the motive.”

A man who lives near the day care said he rushed to the scene of the crash and that he and three parents managed to subdue the driver, who he said stepped out of the bus, removed all his clothing and started screaming.

Parents and their children are loaded onto a warming bus after a city bus crashed into a daycare center in Laval, Quebec, on Feb. 8, 2023.  (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

“The first thing he did was take off all his clothes after opening the bus door. …. He was just yelling; there were no words coming out of his mouth,” said Hamdi Benchaabane.

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The day care is located at the end of a driveway off a cul-de-sac. There is a bus stop on the cul-de-sac, but the driver would have had to veer off the road and head down the long driveway to hit the building.

Benchaabane said he and the others had to strike the driver to get him under control, before police cuffed the man. The driver, he said, “was in a different world.”

Benchaabane said he was able to help pull one child from the day care, adding that he and the others tried to save a second child before firefighters ordered them to leave because pieces of the roof were at risk of falling.

“It was a nightmare, I can’t believe it,” he said of what he witnessed. “It was horrible.”

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Aerial news footage from the scene shows the bus crashed into the front of the day care center. The building is located at the end of a driveway, and the bus driver would have had to leave the road to hit it.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his office was “following the situation closely.”

National Pizza Day is observed every Feb. 9 — but before you head out for a celebratory slice, you’d be wise to take a few precautions.

Mark Bello, owner and operator of Pizza School NYC, helped Fox News Digital judge an unappealing slice of pizza before buying it a couple of years ago.

While it’s easy enough to look up any restaurant’s reviews online, determining the quality of a pizza often comes down to gut instinct, especially before you actually taste it.

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Bello has demonstrated pizza making at the James Beard House and was named a “pizza expert” at the Food & Wine masters series. 

By his own estimation, he’s tasted thousands of pizzas, both in the U.S. and abroad. And when it comes to trying out a new slice shop, he told Fox News to beware of five red flags.

National Pizza Day is celebrated every year on Feb. 9.  (iStock)

National Pizza Day is an unofficial holiday in the U.S., although the tradition of eating pizza in the western hemisphere dates back to the early large-scale Italian immigration during the late 19th and early 20th century. 

Inherited directly from Italy, there existed two types of distinct American pizza styles: Chicago deep-dish and New York pizza. 

The Chicago pies have a high edge and fluffy bread that allows for the pizza to be filled with an abundant amount of sauce and cheese. The New York pizza has a thinner crust from thick dough with less tomato sauce but large amounts of mozzarella. 

Before World War II, pizza was a popular dinner food among Italian immigrants. 

Before World War II, pizza was a popular dinner food among Italian immigrants before veterans from the Italian campaign in Europe started eating it after returning home. By the 1960s and 1970s, large pizza chains like Dominoes and Pizza Hut began to emerge all over the country.

The modern Pizza Day every Feb. 9 is meant to be a celebration of the Italian custom as well as a chance for communities and friends to break bread over a widely popular Americanized dish. Here are some of the tips Bello told Fox News Digital to look for during the pizza holiday. 

1. Too-good-to-be-true-deals
2. Sorry-looking slices
3. The wrong ingredients
4. It’s praised as great ‘drunk food’
5. Their cheese slice stinks

A pizza with a too-good-to-be-true price is probably not good at all. Avoid eating pizza that’s cheap as you might regret it later. (iStock)

1. Pizza fail 1: Too-good-to-be-true deals

Bello said consumers should immediately be wary “if the place is trying to sell you on the quantity of the pizza over the quality of the pizza.”

That doesn’t mean the pizza is necessarily bad. It’s just the first of a few factors that could suggeset poor pizza.

2. Pizza fail 2: Sorry-looking slices

Quality pizza is always going to look appetizing, but it’s not always going to look consistently the same, even between slices from the same pizzeria. And it should never be too “pale,” Bello said.

“If the outer crust resembles the rim of a Styrofoam cup in geometry, uniformity and pale color, it’s likely going to taste like the outer rim of a Styrofoam cup,” according to the expert.

3. Pizza fail 3: The wrong ingredients

Depending on the size of the pizzeria, some shops may have their ingredients — cans of tomatoes, bags of flour, cheese — on display or at least in view of customers. 

If you sense something amiss with the ingredients, take your tastebuds elsewhere.

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“For example, often pizzerias have their bags of flour stored in view of the customer. If they say ‘bromated’ and/or ‘bleached’ that’s not good,” Bello said, referring to flours that have been treated to change their pigments, to help develop gluten or to strengthen the dough.

4. Pizza fail 4: It’s praised as great ‘drunk food’

Good pizza should taste like good pizza all the time, not only when you’re inebriated.

Or, as Bello advised, never go out of your way “if the overwhelming recommendations you hear for the pizzeria in question emphasize ‘it’s best if you go there at 3 a.m. when you’re really drunk.'”

5. Pizza fail 5: The cheese slice stinks

If a cheesy pizza doesn’t smell super appetizing, you’ll likely want to avoid eating it. (iStock)

So the pizza seems slightly questionable, but it looks halfway decent, and you can’t see the ingredients. In that case, stick with a single cheese slice. It’s the ultimate indicator of the rest of the menu, according to Bello.

“If their classic cheese and sauce slice is bad, move along,” the expert advised.

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Mark Bello is owner and operator of Pizza School NYC. Since 2010, the company has shared its knowledge of pizza with over 50,000 students. 

President Biden on Tuesday used his State of the Union address to double down on calls for Congress to pass a mass amnesty for illegal immigrants, while touting a recent drop in migrant numbers at the southern border from the historic highs seen during his administration – and was met by yells to “secure the border” by some Republicans.

“Let’s also come together on immigration and make it a bipartisan issue once again,” he said.

Biden’s administration has been rocked by a migrant crisis at the southern border now into its third year, with a record 2.3 million migrant encounters and nearly 600,000 “gotaways” in FY 2022. In December there was a record 251,000 migrant encounters alone.

Republicans have battered the administration over the crisis, blaming the administration’s rolling back of Trump-era border security policies and interior enforcement. But the administration has blamed a hemisphere-wide crisis and has hit out at Republicans for not agreeing to funding and reform measures proposed by the administration.

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Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy applaud during President Biden’s State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

On Tuesday Biden touted increases in Border Patrol staffing and also increased fentanyl seizures at the border, which officials have said shows that apprehension is getting better. 

“We now have a record number of personnel working to secure the border, arresting 8,000 human smugglers and seizing over 23,000 pounds of fentanyl in just the last several months,” he said.

He also noted border measures introduced last month, which extended a humanitarian parole program for Venezuelans to include Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans nd would allow 30,000 in a month if they did not cross illegally, had a sponsor already in the U.S. and met other conditions.  

That was accompanied by an expansion of Title 42 expulsions to include those nationalities.

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Sources tell Fox News that there were approximately 150,000 encounters in January, which would mark the lowest number since Feb. 2021. Biden cited additional statistics showing a drop in encounters since the measures were announced.

“We’ve launched a new border plan last month, unlawful migration from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela has come down 97%.”

But Biden repeated his prior appeals for Congress to pass a sweeping immigration reform bill. The bill was unveiled on Biden’s first day in office in 2021. At the core of the bill is an eight-year path to citizenship for illegal immigrants in the U.S. before Jan. 1 2021 — as well as immediate green card eligibility for farmworkers, Temporary Protected Status recipients, and some who came to the U.S. as minors, who activists refer to as “Dreamers.”

The bill would also set up refugee processing locations in Central America, increase the number of immigration judges and open up a number of additional avenues for legal immigration — including “recapturing” unused visas from prior years, clearing visa backlogs, and expanding the diversity lottery visa program. The legislation would also provide additional funding for technology at the border and expand anti-smuggling efforts in Central America.

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Republicans balked at the legislation due to the inclusion of an amnesty for illegal immigrants, and it has shown no sign of picking up Republican support — but the administration has continued to push the bill.

Biden reiterated those calls on Tuesday, although he said he would accept a smaller plan — but one that would still include at least a partial amnesty and funding for the border.

“America’s border problems won’t be fixed until Congress acts. If we won’t pass my comprehensive immigration reform, at least pass my plan to provide the equipment and officers to secure the border. And a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, those on temporary status, farmworkers, and essential workers,” he said.

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In response to the remarks, some Republicans were heard yelling “secure the border.” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared to shush the raucous members.

Later in the address, Biden highlighted the fentanyl crisis that is killing tens of thousands of Americans each year. Officials have said that fentanyl is produced in Mexico using precursors from China and then transported into the U.S. across the land border.

“Fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year. Let’s launch a major surge to stop fentanyl production, sale, and trafficking, with more drug detection machines to inspect cargo and stop pills and powder at the border,” Biden said, before calling for cooperation with couriers and increased trafficking penalties.

The mention of fentanyl led to Republicans yelling, “It’s your fault” and renewed calls from some Republicans to “secure the border.”

“You got it,” Biden said.

Fox News’ Bill Melugin contributed to this report.

Fox News host Jesse Watters called out President Joe Biden’s lies ahead of the State of the Union address on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”

JESSE WATTERS: Biden may not be a great president, but man is he a great storyteller. Now his stories aren’t true. That doesn’t matter. Old politicians know that people don’t want to hear the truth. The truth hurts. People want to hear a story because the story doesn’t have to be true. It’s just a story and Biden has built his whole career around telling stories that aren’t true.  

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So, the best story that Joe is ever told, and “Primetime’s” producers have been digging through the crates all day, was the story of “Corn Pop,” which might be the greatest Biden story of all time. He didn’t plagiarize it. 

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It didn’t exactly happen the way he tells it, but the story’s got everything and we know this because “Primetime” just uncovered brand new details about the Corn Pop story that have never been reported before. This is the speech he should be giving. The story of Corn Pop tells us everything we need to know about Joe Biden, the man, the myth, the legend.  Joe Biden was the only White lifeguard in Wilmington.

JOE BIDEN: Corn Pop was a bad dude and he ran a bunch of bad boys… and back in those days…. One of the things you had to use if you used pomade in your hair, you had to wear a bathing cap and he’s up on the board and wouldn’t listen to me. I said, “Hey, Esther, you, off the board or I’ll come up and drag you off.” 

Well, he came off and he said, “I’ll meet you outside.”… These were all public housing behind you. My car, there was a gate out here. I parked my car outside the gate and he said, “I’ll be waiting for you.” He was there with three guys in straight razors. Not a joke.

Four Supreme Court justices opted against attending President Biden’s State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday evening.

Biden greeted five of the high court’s nine justices — John Roberts, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson — shortly before he began his speech, according to video footage of the event. The four justices absent were Clarence Thomas, Sam Alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch.

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President Biden greets Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as he arrives to deliver the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.  (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

The president spent a brief moment, in particular, with Jackson, the newest Supreme Court Justice and the first Black woman to hold a seat on the court. Jackson is the only justice Biden selected for the Supreme Court.

“The story of America is a story of progress and resilience,” Biden began his address. “Of always moving forward. Of never giving up. A story that is unique among all nations. We are the only country that has emerged from every crisis stronger than when we entered it. That is what we are doing again.”

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The speech marks the second State of the Union that Biden has delivered since taking office in January 2021. It is the first such speech that he has given since Republicans won back majority control of the House.

Hundreds of “Trans Lives Matter” protesters occupied the Oklahoma state Capitol on Monday to oppose the restriction of gender transition procedures on minors, and Twitter users scorched them for it. 

Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla., gave a State of the State address where he called on the legislature to pass a law banning gender transition procedures for children. “Minors can’t vote, can’t purchase alcohol, can’t purchase cigarettes. We shouldn’t allow a minor to get a permanent gender-altering surgery in Oklahoma,” he said.

He then asked the legislature to “send me a bill that bans all gender transition surgeries and hormone therapies on minors in the state,” a request which enraged transgender activists across the country, to the point locals converged on the capitol building itself and chanted slogans like “trans lives matter” and “this is our house.”

Commentators on Twitter slammed both the protesters as well as much of the media for not reporting on the incident in the same way they did about January 6.

Trans-rights activists protest outside the House chamber at the state Capitol before the State of the State address Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in Oklahoma City.  (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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“A 100+ trans activists occupied the Oklahoma State Capitol yesterday to push gender mutilation of children and the MSM is calling it a ‘gathering’ and a ‘peaceful protest.’” 

TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk tweeted. “So can radical protesters now occupy government buildings without being accused of an insurrection?”

Commentator Matt Walsh tweeted, “Trans activists stormed the Oklahoma state capital to defend their right to castrate, sterilize, and mutilate children. This is not only an insurrection but easily the most bizarre and disgusting one in history.”

Outkick founder Clay Travis balked at the normalization of trans procedures on minors.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt delivered his State of the State address Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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“Trans activists took over the Oklahoma state capitol because @GovStitt is passing legislation to prevent gender reassignment surgery for kids under 18,” he said. “In most states you can’t get a tattoo before 18, but 15 year olds can get their breasts removed? Crazy.”

Christian satire website The Babylon Bee’s real news offshoot, Not The Bee, tweeted, “Trans activists stormed the Oklahoma State Capitol yesterday, but for some reason you haven’t heard about it from the media.”

YouTuber Nuance Bro observed how much the United States has changed in a single decade.

“’Trans Lives Matter’ being chanted from the inside of the Oklahoma State Capitol. Could you imagine such a sight a decade ago? It used to just be a few weirdos on college campus now it’s large crowds in deep red states,” he said.

Trans-rights activists protest outside the House chamber at the state Capitol before the State of the State address Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in Oklahoma City.  (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Conservative Louis Uridel tweeted, “Behold… the insurrection into the Oklahoma State Capitol [led] by Trans Lives Matter. Oh what? No threat to democracy here?”

The crisis at the southern border is expected to cost New York City an estimated $4.2 billion by the middle of 2024, according to an internal memo.

The New York City Office of Management and Budget memo, reported by the New York Post, states that the city will spend an estimated $4.2 billion on costs related to migrants and asylum seekers that would be spent through June 30, 2023 and the end of fiscal year 2024.

According to the internal city memo, New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan would reimburse the city for up to $1 billion in migrant aid, which only covers 29% of expected shelter costs.

During a trip to El Paso, New York City Mayor Eric Adams estimated that “our price tag could be anywhere from $1.5 to $2 billion” regarding the migrant crisis.

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Migrants speak with NYC Homeless Outreach members as they camp out in front of the Watson Hotel after being evicted on January 30, 2023 in New York City.  (Michael M. Santiago)

Mayor Eric Adams attends a joint press briefing with Governor Kathy Hochul on subway safety at Fulton Transit Center. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The memo states that Hochul’s budget poses a problem to the city.

“However, financially, the Governor’s Executive Budget contains few city priorities and poses challenges to the city if enacted as written, particularly because the city’s financial position has already been strained by the Migrant Crisis,” the memo states.

“If the proposed actions by the Governor are not reversed and more aid is not secured to deal with the Migrant Crisis, the city will be forced to take a number of actions to maintain a balanced budget in FY23 and FY24. This would make it difficult to provide current levels of service to New Yorkers,” the memo also states.

ILLEGAL MIGRANTS REFUSE TO LEAVE NYC HOTEL FOR BROOKLYN MIGRANT RELIEF CENTER, SLEEP IN THE STREET

Last week over 50 illegal migrants refused to be relocated from the Watson Hotel to the new migrant shelter in Red Hook. (Instagram/@nycmayor)

The memo, dated Feb, 6, comes after Adams slept inside a mega-migrant shelter in the city following a protest from migrants who didn’t want to leave the Watson Hotel.

Migrants were moved last week from the Watson Hotel to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal facility, but 50 migrants protested outside the hotel for days. Several migrants went to the migrant center, only to return and complain that the facility didn’t have sufficient heat and water, prompting Adams to spend a night himself.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams slept overnight in a new mega-migrant shelter in Brooklyn, New York.  (Instagram/@nycmayor)

“I slept like a baby, it was warm. I had my nice little blanket. That’s my favorite blanket. I’m like Linus, you know, on Charlie Brown,” Adams said on Fox 5. “I have my favorite blanket that I just hug up on and I had pleasant dreams, got up the next day, had breakfast and sat down and spoke with asylum seekers.”