This Monday, the community organization dedicated to the empowerment of immigrant workers in New York, or Nice as it is known in Jackson Heights, is receiving dozens of immigrants seeking asylum, recently arrived in our city.
Among them, Alexis Salas, 29, who after being in the military for five years in Venezuela decided to leave her country alone. Now, her first priority is:
“…Being able to get a job. That is what we all want, to get these jobs in order to… a better life, right?” says Salas.
And more immigrants are expected to arrive after the end of Title 42, so the city is setting up several shelters, including a former school on Staten Island.
Despite the opposition of representatives of the area, around one hundred adults are housed in that space and more continue to arrive.
Also, the gymnasium at another school on Coney Island, where, according to the Brooklyn councilman, there are plans to house 75 adults on site.
And the former Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown, which closed during the pandemic, will serve as the arrival center.
About 4,200 immigrants were processed by the city last week according to authorities.
“Here at NICE we have several programs to be able to receive even new immigrants, integrate them into the city, try to help them become New Yorkers…”
They maintain that in the midst of this immigration crisis these new entertainers face a saturated system:
“We do not have an immigration lawyer here, what we normally do is give referrals to other organizations, and what we have noticed is that they are already able to receive more migration cases, which puts people in a situation of vulnerability in the hands of possibly unscrupulous people”, assures a representative of NICE.
Add though you have also noticed that the number of job offers has decreased and many employers are offering less than minimum wage.
“Here, people are forced to accept this type of work out of necessity, not out of lack of information and resources.”
Members of this organization are asking the state and federal government for help.
2023-05-15 16:30:00
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