Mini tent city emerges under BQE as NYC residents fear influx as migrants get booted from shelters

[Kamaji]

Mini tent city emerges under BQE as NYC residents fear influx as migrants get booted from shelters

By Georgett Roberts and Emily Crane
July 20, 2023

More than a dozen migrants created their own mini tent city under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway this week after being booted from one of the Big Apple’s newest mega shelters — sparking fears of a “new normal” now the city has imposed a 60-day stay limit on some asylum seekers.

The tents popped up under the overpass in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood earlier this week — just steps away from the new large-scale shelter at 47 Hall Street that’s designed to cater for roughly 2,000 single adult migrants.

The group of Venezuelan migrants, who copped to recently being booted from the shelter after a fight with other asylum seekers, subsequently opted to create their tiny encampment — complete with three tents, a huge tarp and multiple mattresses crammed between rows of parked vehicles.

The emergence of the tents triggered immediately concerns from nearby residents in the wake of Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement Wednesday that adult migrants will now only be allowed to stay in shelters for 60 days.

“It’s a ticking time bomb,” a father-of-two told The Post of the new stay limit.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/mini-tent-city-emerges-under-bqe-as-nyc-residents-fear-a-new-normal-as-migrants-get-booted-from-shelters/

[Free Vulcan]

[Kamaji]

I'm "borrowin'" that!

[Smokin Joe]

Is the not too distant future roving gangs of military age men, all part of the Traitor Joe Migrant Roadshow...maybe coming to a town near you....

Jason Aldean' s video is more timely than it seemed.

[DefiantMassRINO]

New York Dems can push for sensible immigration enforcement, or shell out money for bus fare to ship them to another state.

[PeteS in CA]

Welcome to the realities of actually having to be a sanctuary city plus enabling the Sacred Homeless.

[Kamaji]

Well, that was quick:


Migrant tent city under NYC’s BQE torn down by city: ‘They left me like a dog in the street’

By Bernadette Hogan and Emily Crane
July 21, 2023

A visibly distraught migrant whose worldly possessions – including his toothbrush – were thrown out by city workers cleaning up an encampment near the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Friday, sobbed while speaking with The Post.

“They’ve left me like a dog on the street,” a distressed migrant, Jose Alvarado, 42, said.

Multiple cops and Department of Sanitation workers were spotted under the overpass in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood, where the group of mostly Venezuelan migrants have been sleeping rough this week.

“The police just came and took everything; when I begged for them to leave me my clothes, an officer hit me on my hands just to get to my clothes, he added.

“They didn’t even leave me a toothbrush; they took everything from me,” he continued. “I cried to the commander not to throw away my stuff — he just didn’t listen.”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/21/migrant-tent-city-under-nycs-bqe-torn-down-by-city-they-left-me-like-a-dog-in-the-street/

[Kamaji]

Migrants booted from mini-tent city under BQE are back living there again

By Georgia Worrell and
Rich Calder   
July 22, 2023

Less than a day after cops and Sanitation workers cleared out a makeshift migrant tent city under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, even more, returned to live there.

About 15 migrants were back to al fresco living Saturday, claiming it was safer than the Bronx shelter where about a dozen tent city denizens were taken the day before.

“They took us up to the Bronx to a place that was way worse than [Hall Street] shelter,” said a 36-year-old Peruvian migrant, referring to another migrant shelter at nearby 47 Hall Street where some were recently booted for brawling. “I have friends staying there, and they said it was dangerous, too — people with guns, smoking, drinking.”

After being tossed from the Hall Street shelter they and others set up three tents, a huge tarp, and multiple mattresses crammed between rows of parked vehicles under the BQE.

“We don’t want to live [in the encampment], but it’s better than the shelters,” added the male migrant, who arrived in the United States three months ago, and was among those who quickly returned Friday night.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/22/booted-migrants-defy-cops-return-to-mini-tent-city-under-bqe/

[sneakypete]

Well,if they are worried about their safety,they  can always go home.