From the New York City Hall in Lower Manhattan, a group of activists and community leaders spoke out for Eric Adams to eliminate the 60-day rule in immigrant shelters.
Protesters are calling for New York City to help immigrants who have children, since many of the children attend public schools and could miss the school year.
An activist named Valeria told Univision 41 that several families were invited to the demonstration, but noted that “they are afraid of being persecuted by Mayor Eric Adams.”
Liza Schwartzwald, director of the New York Immigration Coalition, one of the groups that organized Tuesday’s march, told the AP that time limits only serve to uproot families who have already made the dangerous journey to cross the border. .
“There is no excuse to re-traumatize these families,” he said.
For her part, Karen Alford, vice president of the United Federation of Teachers, said the policy will force migrant students who were just adjusting to classes to move from school to school, while their families look for new places to live in the city.
“As a city, we have to do better,” he commented.
Immigrants arriving in New York are being diverted to New Jersey
Migrants arriving in New York City, expecting to be welcomed with food and shelter, are hitting a wall of reality. Realizing that the help is not the same as before, their next stop is New Jersey.
From the Immigration and American Citizenship Organization (IACO), which assists immigrants in citizenship processes and other resources, the executive director, Gustavo Ramírez, points out that the problem is at the border.
“There is no standard in the way immigration is granting entry to people from the border. They have many discretions and all cases arrive differently,” the expert told Univision 41.
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