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Immigration News Today: Out of Hotel Space, NYC Decides to Send Migrants to the Hudson Valley

Fisayo Okare

May 09, 2023

Migrants waited in line outside of port authority on Wednesday morning after arriving on buses from Texas, as local aid groups helped them find transportation to intake centers for shelters. Photo: Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio for Documented

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New York

NYC running out of hotels to shelter migrants, now looking at the Hudson Valley:

Mayor Eric Adams has decided to send up to 300 asylum seekers to two hotels in downstate New York, without asking other mayors for permission. — NBC New York

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New York City given $30.5 million in FEMA funding for migrants:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency allocated over $330 million to over 30 cities and organizations, and NYC’s Office of Emergency Management was given $30.5 million from the fund. — Spectrum News NY 1

Around the U.S. 

7 dead after driver mowed car into crowd in front of Texas migrant shelter:

A police investigator said police have not identified the driver because he has been very uncooperative and has given several different names. — Valley Central

Here’s how to help immigrants arriving in Chicago:

Community members and organizations are collecting basic necessities and donations for newly arrived migrants in Chicago. More than 8,000 have arrived since August. — Chicago Sun-Times

Student attorneys working to reduce immigration case backlog:

“I was an asylum seeker myself back in 2011. I was part of the revolution in Syria,” said Emad Mahou, a student attorney with DePaul’s Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic in Chicago. — CBS News

Why Wisconsin undocumented immigrants need driver licenses: 

American-Hispanic Association of Marathon County Director Tony Gonzalez describes why advocates want immigrant workers to be able to acquire Wisconsin driver licenses. — PBS Wisconsin

Washington D.C.

House to vote on GOP immigration bill as border restrictions end:

As the Title 42 policy that has allowed the U.S. to expel migrants seeking asylum ends this week, the House will vote on a border security package on Thursday. — Axios

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Fisayo Okare

Fisayo writes Documented’s "Early Arrival" newsletter and "Our City" column. She is an MSc. graduate of Columbia Journalism School, New York, and earned her BSc. degree in Mass Comm. from Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos.

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