Team Biden’s Claim That Trump Lied About Migrants Living In ‘Luxury’ Hotels Doesn’t Hold Water

The Biden campaign is claiming former President Donald Trump lied during Thursday night’s debate when he said illegal immigrants are living in luxury hotels in New York City, but multiple reports cast doubt on the campaign’s assertion.

President Joe Biden’s campaign team released a memo titled “50 Lies Trump Told on The Debate Stage” following the Democrat’s disastrous performance Thursday night. While the memo purportedly lists falsehoods Trump spoke during the debate, one claim about migrants living in luxury hotels is corroborated by numerous reports.

“ opened the borders, nobody’s ever seen anything like,” Trump said during one moment in the debate. “And we have to get a lot of these people out and we have to get them out fast, because they’re going to destroy our country.”

“Just take a look at where they’re living,” Trump continued. “They’re living in luxury hotels in New York City and other places.”

However, New York City has, in fact, converted at least one four-star hotel and other upscale hotels into shelters for migrants living in the Big Apple.

New York City officials began housing migrants in the four-star Collective Paper Factory hotel around August 2023 after it was converted into a Department of Homeless Services emergency shelter, the New York Post reported. The “chic” Square Hotel was also converted