New Videos: At NYC's Roosevelt Hotel, the Migrant Crisis Continues to Rage

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New Videos: At NYC's Roosevelt Hotel, the Migrant Crisis Continues to Rage
August 12, 2024
 
Last week, while in New York City, I decided to take a walk around 10:00 p.m. to see the Roosevelt Hotel, now known as the city’s official migrant welcome center. FAIR visited this same location last year, and you can read our detailed account from that visit here.

What I saw last week left no doubt—the border crisis is anything but slowing down.

As I approached the Roosevelt, I spotted a group of people carrying suitcases down the street. I followed them right up to the hotel’s doors, where they proceeded to check in. The scene outside was chaotic, with more groups of migrants, bags in hand, anxiously waiting their turn to enter. It was a stark reminder of the ongoing crisis that’s unfolding right in the heart of America’s largest city.

Here’s the first video I captured, showing a group of newly-arrived migrants with their bags, waiting outside the hotel:

https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/08/12/new-videos-nycs-roosevelt-hotel-migrant-crisis-continues-rage

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John LeFevre
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The city of New York pays $220 million to rent the entire Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan to house illegal migrants.
The hotel is owned by the government of Pakistan, and the deal was part of a $1.1 billion IMF bailout package to help Pakistan avoid defaulting on their international debt.
Prior to this sweetheart deal, the hotel had been closed since 2020, having long-struggled with occupancy and in dire need of renovation.
2:44 PM · Nov 30, 2024