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New York City last week began identifying asylum seekers who meet the requirements for work authorization and helping them with the process, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday. To do this, the city has conducted surveys in person with the nearly 40,000 asylum seekers over the age of 18 and as of Tuesday, the city had evaluated more than 10,000 adult asylum seekers in its care to see if they can legally work in the United States and will continue this effort over the coming weeks. By conducting a comprehensive survey, the city will be able to support those who currently qualify for work authorization and help as many immigrants as possible who have not yet applied for asylum file their asylum claims in the City-run Asylum Help Center.
NEW YORK — New York City last week began identifying asylum seekers who qualify for work authorization to help them with the process, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday.
To do this, the city has conducted in-person surveys with nearly 40,000 asylum seekers over the age of 18, and as of Tuesday, the city had evaluated more than 10,000 adult asylum seekers in its care to see if they can legally work in the United States. and will continue this effort over the coming weeks.
“For months, New York City has spoken with one voice, urging the federal government to put asylum seekers on the path to independence and ‘let them work,'” said Mayor Adams. “As Washington continues to let New York City and other cities across the country handle this national humanitarian crisis largely on its own, we continue to fill the leadership void left by our federal partners by giving migrants a place where to stay and a variety of services, using a unique model to help thousands of newcomers apply for asylum. But our message remains loud and clear: the city needs significant and timely support from our state and federal partners to address this national issue.”
By conducting a comprehensive survey, the city will be able to support those who currently qualify for work authorization and help as many immigrants as possible who have not yet applied for asylum file their asylum claims in the City-run Asylum Help Center.
Since opening the Asylum Claim Help Center in June 2023, the city has helped asylum seekers mail nearly 3,800 asylum claims with the help of city law firms who have volunteered to drive this effort. This week, students from a consortium of the city’s top higher education institutions also began work on the center as it continues to grow.
This center helps asylum seekers complete and submit asylum applications. Interested asylum seekers have individually scheduled appointments where they are provided with support. There are experienced immigration attorneys on site to supervise application assistants and provide guidance, and interpreters are on site to provide in-person language assistance.
In some cases, immigrants admitted to the country by federal authorities receive parole, which is a form of temporary permission to enter and remain in the United States. Parole may be granted for relatively short periods, sometimes only a few months, or for longer periods, up to two years or more. While an immigrant is on active parole, she can apply for work authorization immediately and, if granted, can legally work during that period. For example, if someone receives eight weeks of probation upon entering the country, she can apply for a work authorization on the first day of entry. If work authorization is granted during your seventh week of probation, then you will be able to work only during your last week. To continue working legally, they would have to apply for asylum and then wait the 150-day waiting period required by the federal government to apply for new work authorization.
The city continues to urge the federal government to address the issuance and extension of parole periods so immigrants can begin working immediately. Federal immigration authorities have the authority to grant parole permits more consistently and for longer periods of time at the border, and to extend expired or soon-to-expire travel permit grants, which would allow immigrants apply for work authorization and obtain work legally immediately instead of waiting many months. The city also continues to ask the US Department of Homeland Security to designate or redesignate Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from 11 countries.
Since this humanitarian crisis began, New York City has taken swift and urgent action: it has opened 208 emergency sites, including 16 more large-scale relief centers, and two more relief centers will open in the coming weeks. . The city also set up navigation centers to connect asylum seekers with critical resources, enrolled thousands of children in public schools through Project Open Arms, and more.
2023-09-13 21:02:16
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