Despite backlog of veterans’ claims, VA using resources to help illegal immigrants

The former Island Shores Senior Residence was one of 200 buildings in the city turned into shelters for housing migrants.
It isnt a hotel they dont house seniors in hotels, Mikeys “source” is gaslighting.

Mikey also does not consider the shelters are over capacity because of the invasion, resources meant for our citizens are now sucked up by those that have contributed nothing.

NY and Chicago screaming for help with the illegals, Mikey “oh lets check liberal fact checkers”
But the fact remains our resources for vets at our veteran hospitals are being stolen and given to illegals.

The claim: Homeless veterans in New York were evicted and replaced with illegal immigrants

A May 16 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) makes a claim about a purported incident in New York involving veterans.

“Homeless veterans in New York were EVICTED and replaced with illegal immigrants,” reads the post. “Under NO circumstances should this happen in our country!!”

The post generated over 600 shares in less than a week. Similar posts have generated hundreds of interactions on Facebook.

Our rating: False

There is no evidence homeless veterans were evicted and replaced by migrants in New York. Government officials and representatives of the hotels in question said that no veterans were in any of the hotels, nor were any guests displaced.

Viral claim stemmed from hoax story by a New York-based nonprofit

The post’s claim surfaced after the New York Post ran a story on May 12 in which Sharon Toney-Finch, president of the nonprofit Yerik Israel Toney Foundation, claimed that nearly two dozen homeless veterans were booted from Crossroads Hotel in the town of Newburgh, New York, and the Super 8 and Hampton Inn & Suites in the city of Middletown, New York, to make room for migrants.

Republicans, including 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, shared the story on social media, and it was picked up by conservative news outlets such as the Washington Times. The story came a day after New York City Mayor Eric Adams sent a bus of asylum seekers to a suburban hotel on May 11, as Politico reported.

However, the story fell apart after Mid Hudson News reported that the general manager of the Crossroads Hotel said no group of veterans was staying at the hotel at the time of the alleged incident, and that no guests were asked to leave. The outlet also determined that a purported receipt showing the payment for the vet’s rooms was altered. Several homeless men later said they were recruited to pretend to be the supposed displaced veterans.

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