NEW YORK – Americans gave Fox News split answers on whether they support New York City’s plan to provide immigrants with hotel rooms. “I think if they are available…why leave them vacant when someone needs a room?” Jerry, from Florida, told Fox News outside the Row NYC, a luxury hotel the city plans to use. “Right now there is a desperate situation for some people who need to be considered and perhaps prioritized until they are placed in another facility.” But Frank, a longtime New Yorker, said the idea was “absolutely ridiculous.” “I think I understand that New York is trying to provide for all these different people, but … teach them how to work or something,” he said. “Don’t let anyone get a free ride on the taxpayer.” NEW YORK TO HOUSING IMMIGRANTS, HOMELESS AT FAMED TIMES SQUARE HOTEL Frank, a New York resident, said he does not agree with Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to use hotels as housing for immigrants. ( ) For weeks now, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sending buses with migrants in New York to protest the Biden administration’s failure to act on the border crisis. Mayor Eric Adams is trying to secure nearly 6,000 hotel rooms to house these border crossers. the New York Post reported this week. Adams has criticized Abbott called the Republican governor’s actions “appalling” and accused him of using people “as political pawns to manufacture a crisis.” Frank told Fox News that the easiest solution would be to strengthen and protect America’s borders. He said he’s upset that people in other states, particularly Texas, are “laughing at New York” as city leaders “give away everything the taxpayers built.” “Don’t let New York be a laughing stock,” Frank said. 2 MORE BUS LOADS OF TEXAS IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE IN NYC AS BORDER CRISIS CONTINUES Immigrants cross the Texas border. Governor Greg Abbott is sending busloads of migrants to New York and Washington to protest the Biden administration’s refusal to act on the border crisis. (Fox News) Chris, a tourist from Illinois who lives on the Row, told Fox News that he empathizes with residents who are struggling to pay rent and now have to see taxpayers trying to provide housing for illegal immigrants. “They have to put them somewhere, I understand,” he said. “But I still think we need to have some kind of control at our borders and some kind of plan in place to house people.” “What is long term?” he continued. “How long will they stay at the hotel?” IMMIGRANT ENCOUNTERS AT SOUTHERN BORDER EXCEED 2 MILLION SO FAR 22, AS BIDEN-ERA CRISIS CONTINUES As rents across the city continue to skyrocket and as the homeless crisis is growing, Chris said the city may want to focus resources elsewhere. A bus carrying immigrants arrives at the New York Port Authority on August 19, 2022. (Fox News Channel) The median rental price in Manhattan was $4,150 in July – nearly $1,000 more than it was in the same month last year, according to a July report from real estate firm Douglas Elliman. And more than 50,000 homeless people slept in New York City shelters each night in June, according to the nonprofit Coalition for the Homeless. “You’ve got homeless people living here that you’re going to have to take care of before … immigrants coming here,” Chris said. Sam agreed. “I just feel like there’s a lot of people here that are, you know, from the country that need support,” he said. But Ana-Brit, who visited Cincinnati, said America should try to be the kind of country that helps other people. “It’s not fair on anybody … with the rent how expensive it is,” he said. “But New York is also a place where it’s for everybody.” Lisa, who lives in Brooklyn, said she likes the city’s plan to use hotel rooms as housing for immigrants. (Fox News Digital) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP It’s a city where everyone can belong,” added Ana-Brit. “And it’s a good entry point for many… esp [people who are] new to America”. Lisa, from Brooklyn, called the city’s idea of ​​using hotel rooms for housing “amazing” and said it would be “such a relief” to immigrants arriving in New York. “When people are in need, you have to pull the trigger to give them what they want and what’s necessary to survive and make it to the next day,” he said. Megan Myers is an associate producer/writer for Fox News Digital Originals. Follow her on Twitter @meglmyers