Where Will These Migrants Go?
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Sanctuary cities, counties, and states in USA, as of July 11, 2023, Source: https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States, Attribution: Center for Immigration Studies, https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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There is a migrant crisis in NYC. Dozens of asylum seekers, mainly from West Africa, sleeping on sidewalks outside of a Manhatten hotel this week, are waiting to be processed at a makeshift center following perilous journeys fleeing violence and poverty. The Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhatten of NYC is now a migrant processing center for city shelters. With over 95,000 migrants having arrived from Southern borders since Spring of 2022, and many of them sleeping on the sidewalks of NYC while waiting for work visa or to become documented, Mayor Eric Adams of NYC needs help from the federal government to process these migrants and to provide health care, mental healthcare, food and shelters. Mayor Eric Adams said, “We need help. From this moment on, it’s downhill. There is no more room…We need help… It’s not going to get any better. ..It’s just not sustainable.”
New York City is one of handful of cities (sanctuary cities) in the United States that does not cooperate with Federal immigration authorities, meaning that undocumented immigrants are more likely to come to New York City knowing that they will not be deported. With its relatively strong economy and diverse job market, NYC has been an attractive destination for immigrants who are looking for work. But the recent migrant crisis has put a strain on the city’s resources, leading to overcrowded shelters, shortage of affordable housing, healthcare, and other services to the migrants. Mayor Eric Adams has announced multiple new initiatives, including plans to build new shelters and to expand legal services for immigrants, in addition to seeking help from federal funding from Biden administration.
According to Jessica Vaughan, CIS (Center for Immigration Studies) Director of Policy Studies, Sanctuary Cities, in italics: “These cities, counties, and states have laws, ordinances, regulations, resolutions, policies or other practices that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield criminals from ICE – either by refusing to or prohibiting agencies from complying with ICE detainers, imposing unreasonable conditions on detainer acceptance, denying ICE access to interview incarcerated aliens, or otherwise impeding communication or information exchanges between their personnel and federal immigration officers.” The map below is provided by CIS:
Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States in USA, as of July 11, 2023, Source: https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States, Attribution: Center for Immigration Studies, https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
According to Center for Immigration Studies, these are the States with Cities and Counties where Sanctuary Cities are Listed, below:
California: Alameda County, Berkley, Contra Costa County, Fremont, CA, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Monterey County, Napa County, Oakland, Riverside County, Sacramento County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, San Francisco County/City, San Mateo County, Santa Ana, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, Sonoma County, Watsonville
Colorado: Arapahoe County, Aurora, Boulder County, Denver County/City, Garfield County, Grand County, Jefferson County, Larimer County, Mesa County, Pitkin County, Pueblo County, Routt County, San Miguel County, Weld County
Connecticut: East Haven, Hartford
District of Columbia: Washington
Georgia: Clarke County, Clayton County, DeKalb County
Illinois: Chicago, Cook County
Iowa: Benton County, Cass County, Fremont County, Greene County, Ida County, Iowa City, Jefferson County, Johnson County, Marion County, Montgomery County, Pottawattamie County
Kansas: Butler County, Harvey County
Louisiana: New Orleans
Maine: Cumberland County
Massachusetts: Amherst, Boston, Cambridge, Concord, Lawrence, Newton, Northhampton, Somerville
Maryland: Baltimore, Howard County, Hyattsville Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Rockville
Michigan: Ingham County, Kalamazoo County, Kent County, Lansing, Wayne County
Minnesota: Hennepin County, Nobles County
Mississippi: Jackson
Nebraska: Hall County, Sarpy County
New Jersey: Newark
New Mexico: Bernalillo County, San Miguel
Nevada: Clark County, Washoe County
New York: Albany, Columbia County, Franklin County, Ithaca, Nassau County, New York City, Onondaga County, St. Lawrence County, Westchester County
North Carolina: Buncombe County, Durham County, Forsyth County, Mecklenburg County, Orange County, Wake County
Ohio: Franklin County, Hamilton County
Oklahoma: Oklahoma County
Oregon: Baker County, Clackamas County, Clatsop County, Coos County, Crook County, Curry County, Deschutes County, Douglas County, Eugene, Gilliam County, Grant County, Hood River County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Josephine County, Lane County, Lincoln County, Linn County, Malheur County, Marion County, Multnomah County, Polk County, Sherman County, Springfield, Tillamook County, Umatilla County, Union County, Wallowa County, Wasco County, Washington County, Wheeler County, Yamhill County
Pennsylvania: Allegheny County, Bucks County, Chester County, Clarion County, Dauphin County, Delaware County, Franklin County, Lehigh County, Lycoming County, Montgomery County, Montour County, Northampton County, Philadelphia, Westmoreland County
Rhode Island: Providence
Tennessee: Shelby County
Virginia: Albemarle County, Alexandria, Arlington County, Chesterfield County, Fairfax County
Vermont: Burlington, Montpelier, Winooski
Washington: Chelan County, Clallam County, Clark County,Cowlitz County, Franklin County, Jefferson County, King County, Kitsap County, Pierce County, San Juan County, Skagit County, Snohomish County, Spokane County, Seattle, Thurston County, Walla Walla County, Wallowa County, Marysville, Whatcom County, Yakima County
A large number of asylum-seekers have been outside of the city’s arrival intake center sleeping on the sidewalk as they wait to get assigned to a shelter for a bed to sleep in — if there is one available. With an average of 300 to 500 people arriving by day, the city is taking new drastic steps, like giving unaccompanied migrants already under the city’s care a 60-day notice to find another roof over their heads, in the video published on NBC New York, as “Is NYC planning to house asylum seekers in Central Park?|NBC New York“, below:
At a press briefing earlier today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams spoke about the need to let migrants work, in the video published on July 24, 2023, by Forbes Breaking News, as “NYC Mayor Eric Adams: ‘So Un-American’ TO Not Let Migrants Work In U.S.“, below:
Hundreds of migrants are camping outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan as the city struggles to find alternate housing for asylum seekers arriving everyday. NBC’s Ron Allen reports for TODAY, in the video published on Aug 3, 2023, by TODAY, as “NYC officials scramble to find housing for asylum seekers“, below:
Asylum seekers have been sleeping on New York City sidewalks as the city’s Mayor Eric Adams says that shelters are out of room. The migrants have been sitting outside of the Roosevelt Hotel for days sharing what food they have with each other. NBC News’ Ellison Barber has the details, in the video published on Aug 1, 2023, by NBC News, as “Migrants sleep on NYC sidewalks as shelters run out of room“, below:
Two men have been hospitalized after a brawl erupted outside of a migrant shelter in Harlem. Witnesses say a group of men standing outside of a shelter were throwing objects at people walking by and attacked two men who attempted to intervene, in the video published on July 24, 2023, by FOX 5 New York, as “Brawl outside Harlem migrant shelter, 2 hospitalized“, below:
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