More than $7 billion of taxpayer money has been spent to house and care for undocumented immigrants in New York City over the past few years.
The city is in the process of shutting down 50 shelters and hotels that house non-citizens. While the number of people the city cares for is decreasing, 7 On Your Side Investigates looked into why the cost to taxpayers remains high.
When the buses full of undocumented immigrants first rolled into the city, there were so many people and there was nowhere to put them…