NYC says it's prepared to welcome asylum seekers with open arms — but for some families, the city will only shelter them if they have carefully itemized paperwork after a treacherous, often-deadly journey thousands of miles long through deserts and jungles
The bureaucratic nightmare is testing Mayor Eric Adams' professed openness to the migrants coming to the city — either voluntarily or because the state of Texas has bussed them here.
For a New York City resident fallen on hard times, that may still be a meetable burden. But for someone who’s walked from Venezuela to the United States to flee an oppressive regime, such paperwork may be little more than a fantasy. "The workers are either not trained or they're not following the policy," said Kathryn Kliff, an attorney with Legal Aid."It's really frustrating that they're not following their own policies...we continue to raise this as a problem."happened to the Mayora family, also asylum seekers now in New York and wending their way through the city's social services system.
"This is not my fault. I told the social workers that it was not our fault. That it was their fault. Because over here there is no one that speaks Spanish, only people speaking English," Mayora said. The city has said DSS Commissioner Gary Jenkins, who's worked in the department for 30+ years, was not aware it was illegal for people to spend the night at PATH. City Hall has also denied a coverup, even as DSS fired its spokeswoman, who has alleged pressure in the department to conceal the failings at PATH.
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