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NYC Evicts Makeshift Migrant Camp; NY State Greenlights Shelter Eviction of 30,000 Migrant Families

HeadlineAug 21, 2024

In New York City, dozens of migrants who had been sleeping in a makeshift camp on Randalls Island were forcibly removed by police Monday as the city intensifies its crackdown on asylum seekers. Rights groups have slammed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s policies that have pushed hundreds of asylum seekers out of shelters, forcing them to sleep on the streets.

On Tuesday, state officials approved the eviction of about 30,000 migrant parents and children staying in city facilities. The Legal Aid Society said, “Treating people who have come here seeking asylum and safety like they are threats is incomprehensible in what is supposed to be a sanctuary city.”

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