Migrants are photographed as Francisco Garduno, MexicoÕs top immigration official, visits the Zaragoza international bridge in Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, The top official was visiting what will be renovated installations to ÒshelterÓ migrants expelled from the U.S. from El Paso, Texas.
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(New York, NY) – An agreement has been reached that will allow New York City to suspend the right to shelter law for incoming migrants. This is something Mayor Eric Adams has been pushing for amid the past two year’s influx of migrants from South American and Central American countries — as well as other spots around the world.
Mayor Adams made the announcement Friday night and said the Legal Aid Society recognizes the “Right to Shelter” was never meant to apply to a ballooning population of migrants, much like what the city is currently experiencing. The terms of the agreement between City Hall and the Legal Aid Society say that new arrivals can get shelter for the initial 30 days, but can no longer continually re-apply for shelter past that point.
That said, families who arrive in New York City can still re-apply for shelter — just not single individuals. Since the spring of 2022, more than 180,000 migrants have arrived in the Big Apple, according to City Hall data.
