Migrants in NYC Say They’ve Been Turned Away, Despite Shelter Mandate
Intake centers said they’re out of room to house asylum-seekers, after Mayor Eric Adams launched a campaign urging migrants at the Mexico border not to come.
Asylum-seekers stand outside the Roosevelt Hotel, where they are seeking shelter after arriving from the US-Mexico border.
Photographer: Maria Paula Mijares Torres
New York City staffers are turning away newly arrived migrants seeking shelter, despite a longstanding rule for the city to provide housing for anyone seeking it.
The actions come as Mayor Eric Adams takes a more aggressive stance on migrants coming through the US-Mexico border, launching a messaging campaign on Wednesday to discourage asylum-seekers from traveling to the city. At a press conference, Adams warned migrants that they could be turned away. "We're giving them notice that we have no room. We need you to come back at a different time so that we can see if we can process you.”