Many of the immigrants bused by the Texas governor to New York City carry with them papers that theoretically direct them to shelters... But in many cases, these do not exist.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is sending migrants to the wrong addresses.
And as a result, many are left on the streets without food or shelter, according to an NBC New York investigation.
In addition, many receive hearing notices, warning their recipients that they may be deported immediately if they don't respond... without knowing where they are.
New York City is one of the few places in the country that has right to refugee laws.
This means that anyone who arrives there at the corresponding municipal offices has to be sheltered the next morning.
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The problem is that many of those addresses are not family shelters, or shelters of any kind.
"When migrants arrive in New York they discover that these places are actually office buildings... They are administrative offices, shelters for women who cannot accommodate men and women," according to the media.
"It's clear that someone at the border is giving people
information that is not accurate
," Josh Goldfein, an attorney with the Legal Aid Society's Homeless Rights Project, told the newspaper.
“I haven't seen the form you're referring to but we'll definitely look into it and follow up,” said Gary Jenkins, the city's Department of Social Services commissioner.
The mayor of New York, Democrat Eric Adams, warned of a crisis on his streets and demanded that the federal government help pay for what he described as a
wave of asylum seekers
who were saturating his safety net, according to what our affiliate in the city.
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"Currently, New York City is experiencing a marked increase in the number of asylum seekers arriving from Latin America and other regions," Adams said in a statement.
"In some cases, families arrive on buses sent by the Texas and Arizona governments, while in other cases, it appears that the federal government is sending individuals," he added, noting that
more than 2,800 asylum seekers had entered the system. of shelters in the last six weeks.
Adams' comments echo those of Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, who called for the mobilization of the National Guard to deal with the "humanitarian crisis" generated by the arrival of migrants bused from the border by the Texas and Arizona authorities.
The governors of Texas, Greg Abbott, and Arizona, Doug Ducey, both Republicans, have organized bus trips for asylum seekers who cross the border, claiming that they want to move to the capital (where the White House and Congress are) the humanitarian crisis they denounce in their states.
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Families sleep on the streets
In both Washington DC and New York, many relocated families end up sleeping rough.
This is the case of the family of Crisman Urbaez, from Venezuela, who arrived at a center in the Big Apple that did not accept families and ended up sleeping on the street for three days, before finding a shelter, according to NBC New York.
“We went back to the streets and thank God we met a guy who helped us get to [a shelter] in the Bronx,” said Urbaez.
The organization Catholic Charities also warned that it received
notices of hearing,
warning its recipients that they can be deported immediately if they do not respond… Without knowing where these recipients are.
