At daybreak Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams made an appearance at his new welcome center for asylum-seekers a few blocks Manhattan’s Port Authority Bus Terminal, emphasizing his commitment to helping thousands of refugees newly arrived in New York City
Two migrants wait outside the Red Cross resource center on West 49th Street on Friday for another man they befriended along their journey from Venezuela to El Paso, Texas. | Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY
“For the governor to send immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, without any coordination, is just creating a real crisis,” Adams said. “The Republican party, they have created a blueprint that all of them are starting to follow. It’s inhumane.” The City of El Paso, Texas, a Democratic-majority city struggling to cope with the wave of migrants crossing the border, has chartered buses to New York as well — expecting reimbursement from the government for busing the migrants,Also sending buses are nonprofit organizations and churches seeking beds for migrants.
Franklin, who asked to be identified by his first name, flew into the city with his 9-year-old son with tickets provided by a Catholic organization in San Antonio, after trekking from Venezuela. He said that when he decided to come to the United States, he knew he’d try to make it in New York.While migrants continue to come on Abbott’s chartered buses, others are making their way to the city on free flights covered by churches and nonprofit groups.
“I think things will go well here. I think New York is better,” he said in Spanish a week later, while still searching for a job.
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