Migrants Snatching Free Turkeys Before Low-Income Residents Have A Chance

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The surge of migrants in New York City is negatively impacting low-income residents on Thanksgiving, where turkey’s are hard to come by due to asylum seekers.

The residents living in NYCHA’s Queensbridge Houses said they were depending on mobile food pantries the come by every week to be able to put a Thanksgiving meal on the table for their families.

In the last year alone, they have seen 8,000 migrants moving into their neighborhoods due to NYC’s “sanctuary city” status, and have been edged out of the area’s already limited resources.

“We do have to take the butt of everything,” remarked Georgia Butler, an area resident. “This community is already suffering.”

“They were first on line for the turkeys this morning,” she told Fox 5 New York last week.

“They tell you to be there at 11 o’clock. You get there at like 10:30, 10:45, but they are already out there. The line is from over there it’s over here.”

Meanwhile, the White House is desperate to prove that surging inflation hasn’t negatively impacted holiday food prices.

“As we start preparing our Thanksgiving meals, grocery inflation is at its lowest level in over two years, with prices for eggs, milk, bacon, and fresh veggies lower than last year,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed on Tuesday.

“In fact, according to the American Farm Bureau, the cost of a Thanksgiving dinner fell this year,” she added.

Jean-Pierre said that prices for most of the holiday fixings, including turkey, stuffing, peas, cranberries, pie crust, and whipping cream, have fallen.

“Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings,” she reported.

According to the American Farm Bureau, the cost of Thanksgiving dinner is down 4.5% from last year’s highest priced holiday ever on record.

However, that’s not saying much, as this year will a mark the second most expensive Thanksgiving to date.

In fact, at $61.17 for a table of ten, this year’s dinner is 25% more expensive than the bargain feast of $48.91 in 2019.

Additionally, the American Farm Bureau didn’t credit the Biden administration at all for the slight reduction in costs from last year’s meal to this one.

“Given its prominence, the turkey is the true driver of Thanksgiving dinner prices,” they reported.

“This year’s drop in turkey prices is attributable to a decrease in avian influenza cases and the resulting recovery in the turkey flock.”

They also noted that the inflation of food prices across the country “remains a real issue and serves as a constraint on the budget of all U.S. consumers.”

Once everyone is gathered around the table to eat the expensive feast, a USA TODAY survey found that family fun is extremely likely to turn into family fight night.

The poll revealed that 88% of families fight on Thanksgiving, with 51% reporting that issues within the close knit clans were the most likely reason behind the rows.

Politics, however, were a close second, with 48% reporting that current state of the country could cause a huge blow up during dinner.

Other hot button topics include money (47%), parenting techniques (37%), and religion (29%).

38% of respondents said that dear old dad nearly always starts the fight, but grandma and grandpa are almost as likely to get agitated, coming in at 36% and 32% respectively.

On the other hand, their mom is more inclined to try to keep the peace, with only 27% responsible for riling up other family members.

Uncles are the least likely to cause chaos, with only 23% of those polled identifying them as the trouble makers.

While mouthy aunts are almost as bad as grandpa, with 31% reported as responsible for starting a family feud.

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