Surprise: Illegal Aliens Driving SCNY Hotel Costs To Record Highs

I’m sure the same thing is happening in Boston, Chicago, Denver, and other places where illegals are being sent to

Migrant surge driving hotel prices to record highs in sanctuary city: report

The cost of a hotel room has hit a record high in New York City, in part due to the ongoing migrant crisis, which has squeezed the number of hotel rooms available for tourists.

The New York Times, citing data from CoStar, reported that the average daily rate for a hotel stay in NYC increased to $301.61 in 2023, up 8.5% from $277.92 in 2022.

More recently, in the first three months of 2024, the average stay was $230.79 a night, up from $216.38 in the same period last year.

The price hikes come amid a historic migrant crisis both at the southern border and in the Big Apple, where the city has seen nearly 200,000 migrants arrive since 2022, with tens of thousands remaining in the shelter system.

As part of that, about 135 of the 680 hotels have entered the program, with hotels being paid up to $185 a night, according to the Times. Many of those hotels are in popular parts of the city for tourists, including by the JFK International Airport or the Midtown Manhattan area.

Sanctuary City New York mayor Eric Adams is blaming this on tourism, but, come on, reality suggests it’s because hotel rooms are in shortage, along with the government giving hotels more money per room than those rooms would usually go for. In fairness, hotel room pricing has gone way up post-pandemic. I’ve looked at places in the mountains and Outer Banks and they’ve been ridiculous, even in the offseason. But, there is no doubt all these illegals are driving up hotel prices.

Meanwhile from the El Paso Times

A Texas National Guard soldier shoots pepper balls towards a group of migrants on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande as they were preparing to cross the international boundary and turn themselves over to U.S. Border Patrol in early June 2024. (caption under the photo)

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