We Witnessed the NYC Migrant Crisis Firsthand. This is What We Saw. Part I
November 08, 2023
Joey Chester
Communications Manager
Last week, three staff members from the Federation for American Immigration Reform visited New York City to get a first-hand look at the migrant crisis Mayor Eric Adams says will “destroy” the city. What we saw shocked us.
While there are estimated to be more than 200 migrant shelters set up around the five boroughs, our day in New York City was centered around three locations: The first was the Federal office building in lower Manhattan, where recently arrived migrants apply for a variety of immigration-related services including seeking work authorization. The second was the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown, across the street from Grand Central Terminal, which has been turned into the best-known migrant shelter in the city, if not the country. And third, an office in the East Village that the city has set up to issue all-expense paid transportation to other locations in the country, in the hopes of alleviating some of the burdens the migration crisis has posed on New York.
With the exception of a few news outlets coverage of the impact of the migration crisis on communities all across the United States is limited and, when it is covered, it is generally from the perspective of the migrants rather than on how it affects the lives of the American people. FAIR’s goal is to fill in the very large gaps left vacant by many “mainstream” news organizations.
The Federal Building
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/11/08/we-witnessed-nyc-migrant-crisis-firsthand-what-we-saw-part-i
