New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that the city would end the immediate response cards pilot program which gave prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants.

New York City will end its controversial debit card program for migrants. Under the pilot program, migrants staying in city-funded hotels received pre-paid cards to buy their own food and other necessities.

Mayor Eric Adams is ending a contentious pilot program that gave 2,600 migrant families debit cards to purchase food.

New York City has announced that it will end its program that gave prepaid debit cards to migrant families. "Through the immediate response cards pilot program, we were able to reduce food waste, redirect millions of dollars to our local economy,

The Adams administration has touted the pilot program as a cost-saving measure and a way to limit food waste, while conservatives have criticized it as vulnerable to misuse.