Immigration
Port Authority volunteers enticing asylum seekers with free bus tickets to leave NYC
New York has slyly figured out a way to get rid of asylum seeking migrants. The Big Apple, which claims to be a progressive and liberal city has created a program to give migrants free bus tickets to get them out of town.
The City outlet reports on the scenario occurring at New York City’s Port Authority:
Around three dozen migrants stood inside a barricaded area in the north wing of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, aided by a host of volunteers and National Guard members on Wednesday afternoon.
According to volunteers, the migrant individuals had already been driven to New York on commercial buses “or from entry points other than the bus terminal — all of them there seeking help at what’s become a sort of unofficial resource center for migrants.”
The volunteers help provide meals and clothing to the migrants that are “gathered in the cordoned-off area, a kind of resource space, to exchange requests and information with each other and aid workers.” The City reports that the outlet “received a vague response from New York City Hall when asked exactly which person or what entity was paying for the Port Authority’s program of relocating migrants.”
Instead, they were referred to an old statement made in November: “In New York City, asylum seekers will continue to be greeted with the compassionate care and dedicated support needed to meet them where they are and help them get where they want to go,” read the 2-month-old press release.
Despite chaos at the border, the Biden administration is still pursuing expansion of a smart phone app which would allow nearly 40,000 asylum-seekers to enter the United States…per month.
“Starting in June, officials will allow more migrants waiting in Mexico to secure an appointment to enter the U.S. through a government phone app known as CBP One, which the Biden administration has transformed into the main gateway to the American asylum system” reports CBS News.
Department of Homeland Security Officials said border agents are preparing to distribute approximately 1,250 appointments per day, or 38,750 per month, to migrants in Mexico. They will then present themselves at ports of entry.
CBS News reports:
The CBP One app allows migrants north of Mexico City to request an appointment to appear at a southern border port of entry, where U.S. officials generally release them with an immigration court hearing in their respective destination. Migrants can fight their deportation in court by seeking asylum.
The app-powered system has been sharply criticized by migrant advocates, who say it penalizes the most destitute migrants who don’t have smartphones or an internet connection. They have also said the app does not allocate nearly enough spots to help the tens of thousands of migrants stranded in Mexico.
However, the app has facilitated “the largest expansion of migrant processing at ports of entry along the southern border in U.S. history” adds CBS News. “Since its use began in January, more than 120,000 migrants have secured appointments to enter the U.S. through CBP One, according to unpublished government figures.”
In addition to the CBP One process and the asylum restriction, the Biden Administration has begun allowing up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to fly to the U.S. directly per month if they have American sponsors. In just several months, that program received over 1.5 million applications.
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