Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here.
New York
New York will send National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes:
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to send the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police conduct random searches of riders’ bags for weapons following a series of high-profile crimes on city trains. — AP News
NYC immigration committee demands Adams spend more on migrant legal services, education:
NYC council member Alexa Aviles demanded that Mayor Eric Adams restore immigrant legal and language services, and said he was spending too much on asylum seeker contracts. — New York Daily News
Trump falsely claims migrants are displacing NYC students:
NYC’s public schools have in fact struggled with the opposite problem: too many empty seats. — Chalkbeat
City spending on out-of-town tickets for migrants outweighs immigrant offices’ funding:
Plane and bus tickets totaled $7.6 million, three times the annual budget of the two main offices handling services for the city’s immigrant communities. — City Limits
Around the U.S.
U.S. companies plead for more immigrants amid tight job market:
U.S. businesses plead for more immigrants to address labor shortages, as the migrant arrivals during the pandemic has not alleviated the shortage, leading to calls for changes. — Bloomberg
Migrants say shelter staff limit hygiene products, and they fear retaliation for speaking out:
Migrants in Chicago shelters report staff limiting hygiene products and retaliating against them for accepting donations, despite the city denying these allegations. — Chicago Tribune
Washington D.C.
Claims Biden administration is secretly flying migrants into the country are unfounded:
The parole policy allows the Biden Administration to admit people “only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.” — ABC News
Biden promised to “absorb” 2 million asylum seekers “in a heartbeat” in 2019. Now he faces an immigration crisis:
Biden’s immigration policies have shifted significantly since his presidential campaign promises, as he now faces a crisis at the US-Mexico border. — CNN
