New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams- Isom recently admitted that the city does not ban illegal immigrants who are accused of crimes from residing at taxpayer-funded shelters.

During a press conference in city hall on Tuesday, Williams-Isom stated that being arrested does not bar someone from shelter accommodations despite the apparent rise in criminal activity at and around city-run shelters, the New York Post reported.

'The public has a right to know.'

“We don’t say that [you] can’t come back into the shelter because you’ve gotten arrested,” Williams-Isom admitted. “I’m sure that there’s a lot of arrests that have come from a lot of different groups that come here, especially groups that might not be able to work.”