After shaking hands with several members of the National Guard, Governor Katy Hochul thanked them and made an important announcement:
“The National Guard will deploy 150 additional uniformed personnel, who will join the mission of helping immigrants seeking asylum, in total 2,200 troops, 250 of them will be specifically in charge of handling each case,” he stated.
He indicated that in the face of this emergency, all the necessary help is needed to provide support to immigrants, in terms of guiding them in the different legal procedures, so that they can apply for asylum and also work permits.
“It would be spectacular if they gave all of us Venezuelans the opportunity to obtain work permits to be able to work, what would be greater than being able to work, not all of us who come are waiting to live in a shelter, the reality…we want to work.”
Likewise, the aid will focus on the cases of Venezuelans who qualify for TPS, which provides temporary protection against expulsion, as well as employment authorization for people who were in the United States before July 31, 2023.
Governor Hochul added:
“We have more than 400,000 jobs available in NY, workers are needed in the fields, construction, restaurants, hotels, nurses, in hospitals… My God, those positions could be filled right now,” added the governor.
“There are thousands of immigrants here, thousands who want to work with that desire to work, to get ahead, having the permit they go to look for work, and here there is plenty of employment, as they say, all immigrants have the desire to work,” explains Medina.
– What do you think of the help of the National Guard?
“As I tell you, the National Guard treated us very well, I hope they treat us all the same, because we did not come here to do bad things, we came to look for a better future,” says Salazar.
The governor also called on Republican congressmen to avoid the closure of the NY state government, if they do not pass the legislation that guarantees the funds on which 51 thousand federal employees depend, it would also endanger the health and safety of the workers. New Yorkers.
In her speech, the governor was also emphatic in criticizing Republicans for not being part of the solution, and asked for more federal help to confront the immigration crisis.
2023-09-26 15:07:00
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