NYC Gives Pre-Paid Cards to Migrants, 50 Cent Says ‘Maybe TRUMP is the Answer’
A new initiative by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will give pre-paid credit cards to migrant families staying in New York City hotels. The program, which costs $53 million and is run by Mobility Capital Finance from New Jersey, will help asylum seekers at the Roosevelt Hotel by 1 APP using city money to buy food only, as official city records show. The news made rapper 50 Cent comment online that “maybe TRUMP is the answer” to NYC’s $53 million program for illegal immigrants. “WTF mayor Adams call my phone, I don’t understand how this works, somebody explain. Ari Melber can’t explain this I’m stuck maybe TRUMP is the answer,” he wrote. The pilot program, starting with 500 migrant families in temporary hotel stays, will take the place of the current food services at these places, City Hall says. The pre-paid cards can only be used at bodegas, grocery stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores. Migrants have to sign a paper saying that they will use the money only for food and baby supplies to stay in the program. recommended. 50 also slammed California for making a law to give health care to migrants in the state. "I don’t understand this, this it going to cost 2.6 billion dollars for tax payers,” Jackson said on Instagram. “They don’t even give veterans health insurance. @arimelber call my phone now, help me understand this s—. [shrug emoji] WTF.” California was the first state in the country to give health insurance to undocumented immigrants on Monday. A law that started on January 1 let 700,000 of the state’s 39 million people get insured.