Venezuelan Ana Pineda lived in Spain and arrived in New York 6 months ago. The idea of living in tents seems very bad to him.
“I don’t know what they should do, but not in a tent…no, it’s not good. No one, which is no one, the very strong cold…, with a tent no one is going to endure it. No one. And if they are elderly people, even less so. And with snow you can’t live in one. There’s a tent like that, that’s impossible. And where are you going to bathe? And where are you going to go to the bathroom? I I don’t think it’s possible, I don’t think,” he says.
According to people close to the mayor’s officials and advisors, the possibility of setting up camp-type tents in parks and open places in the city so that recently arrived immigrants can sleep is being put on the discussion table.
Elvis Alvarado is another Venezuelan immigrant:
“Yes, one has to go to a tent to avoid being left on the street, it will be one’s turn, what is one going to do? because in a country that does not belong to us and there and if it has to be done because one has to be grateful , Yeah”.
Since the arrival of the first people seeking asylum, the Adams administration erected huge tents in various places in the city to receive the thousands of immigrants… A couple of months ago the shelters were full and dozens were seen of immigrants were sleeping in the middle of the street, outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, something that has worried everyone, especially the groups that protect human and immigrant rights.
“Well, suddenly, they really can’t take it anymore, because they can’t receive any more people. And that’s why I’m taking that method,” says Reucar Salazar.
Given the immigration situation, the mayor has asked the federal government for help on several occasions. For its part, President Biden’s administration granted temporary status or TPS for 15,000 Venezuelans, in an effort so that they can work and defend themselves.
“Because we have to go out to work. The difference is that, with a work permit, you can get a more stable, more honest job, because sometimes there are people who take advantage of you because you don’t have a document,” adds Salazar.
Mayor Adams has openly noted that the question is no longer if immigrants will sleep on the streets, but when.
2023-10-27 00:02:00
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