The New York migrant crisis up close | GZERO Reports
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- Since 2022, New York City has absorbed more than 170,000 migrants, mostly sent on buses by Texas officials from the US-Mexico border. But its already under-funded, under-resourced system is struggling to deal with the influx of so many people. GZERO’s Alex Kliment spent time on the ground with the newly-arrived asylum-seekers and the volunteers filling a crucial gap.
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Since 2022, New York City has absorbed more than 170,000 migrants, mostly sent on buses by Texas officials from the US-Mexico border. Many of them are asylum-seekers who hail from South American countries facing political and economic upheaval, like Venezuela and El Salvador. But increasingly, people from Asia, western Africa, and the Caribbean have been making the difficult journey to the US via the southern border as well.
Unlike other so-called “sanctuary cities,” New York has a legal mandate, known as a consent decree, that requires the city to provide shelter to anyone who asks for it. But the already under-funded, under-resourced system is struggling to deal with the influx of so many people. Adding to the chaos, in October, the city changed its policy to require everyone in the shelter system to reapply for a bed every 30-60 days. For asylum seekers already trying to navigate byzantine legal and healthcare systems, the instability can have devastating consequences.
That’s why grassroots organizers like Power Malu of Artists Athletes Activists, Adama Bah of Afrikana, and Ilze Thielmann of TeamTLC have been stepping up to fill a major gap in the city’s immigration system: greeting arrivals, pointing them towards resources, providing food and clothing. Most crucially, they're help people understand their rights and apply for asylum, so they can get work permits and find permanent housing.
Speaking from the front lines of this crisis, the organizers say the city isn't fully meeting the needs of the migrants coming here, despite spending $1.45 billion on migrant costs alone in 2023. "The illusion is that they're in these beautiful hotels and they're getting all of these services and it's not true," Malu says, "That's why you have organizations like ours that have stepped up and had to change from welcoming to now doing case management, social services, helping them with mental health therapy."
GZERO’s Alex Kliment spent time on the ground with newly-arrived asylum-seekers and the volunteers to better understand the reality on the ground, how this current crisis getting so much national attention is functioning day to day, and if the city could be doing more to help.
GZERO has reached out to City Hall for comment and will update with any response.
Learn more about the organizations mentioned in this report:
Artists-Athletes-Activists: artists-athletes-activists.org/
Team TLC NYC: www.ttlcnyc.org/
Afri-kana: www.afri-kana.org/
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They all need to be arrested, all this is illegal
Exactly its disgusting
I wouldn’t be surprised if he end up on the news for child sex crimes😢 This guy is weird
I've seen chatter online that he is weird
@@CandiceMMartinez He’s very touchy-feely with the children.
Cutting the line getting asylum
This got to stop , it's unfair, how you get asylum
And you barged your way in our house
They don’t care because they think they come first for the government benefits!
13 "Don't look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don't fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do.
Poor, homeless, ill, elderly, crippled, US citizens don't get this support and benefits...
Unskilled Labor, many don't Speak English Attempting to make a living in VERY EXPENSIVE CITIES will only make Crime and Homelessness Worse
Its not just the cities its everywhere.
@@Emmy-J yep, in jacksonville florida. I am seeing alot working at amazon.
Arrest this so-called "Wellcomer." He is doing the city great harm.
Go back 😡
Build the wall elect trump
Lol you actually believe in trump
I spent 8 years in the marines Iraq/Afghanistan I never claimed ptsd because im not stupid and its a insult to me. So I get nothing for my service to this country.
My little brother went to the Navy for 4 years. He stayed on a big ship for 16 months and says he has ptsd because of it and gets 1600$ a month and wants to have children because he gets more money from the government if he does. Free health care. Free college he failed at. And he just got food stamps.
@brianvent3043 Everything is upside down .
This man, Power, and his non-profit should be arrested for human trafficking.
Yes we need to in force the laws we have. Biden is destroying America.
Broken asylum system: BS. Gather them and ship them home.
GET OUT!!! #TRUMP2024
More and more foreigners have their right to share the wealth the west “legally”robbed from.
The foreigners have their right to share the wealth, which was the west “legally”robbed from them, same as Columbus entered the America.
In Spanish....'Yes, please all of you come to my house. I have much food for you and I can sleep on the floor while you sleep in my bed. Anything you find in my house that you want, please take it, I can always get another. I will also work hard, even two full time jobs so I can give you even more money! The more you need, the harder I will work!'
Why don't they help New Yorkers? This is so irrational and heartless to not offer any help to your very own local neighbors.
Why cant these organizations do the same for American citizens that need help ?
Power is rather strange
Is Power the guy with the orange cap
@@brianvent3043 He's the one with the afro. I've been wondering who this guy was for quite some time. He welcomes them when they get off the bus. First time I've ever heard his name.
incredible! Reminds me so much of what was happening in Poland with Ukrainian refugees
It's not broken- the only people that claim is broken are the ones that are breaking it!!
Tell these people this is only a vacation. They go back home in a few months.
This is what the USA is all about (and I’m a NYer). What’s concerning to me is throughout the entire video, not a single mention of what these people are going to do …Job programs? Work? Hello?…
...Let me tell you something...i've been reading and im kinda surprised that you guys dont about some concepts...crime related concepts, so let me tell you something...those guys are either go begging with the excuse that "hey,could be robbing you" they gonna staright go for it or they're gonna do what they do best and mass extort bussines owners.
The CEOs want it that way because immigrants won't complain about how low minimum wage is.
I will never understand how this is allowed to happen. Nobody should be helping them like that. There is a way to go about it. His organization should be shut down,those migrants deported.
Those who voted for Biden and democrats voted for this to happen.
Sometimes they live on government income...
so
they want
"the government"
to give more money ...
as they think they are voting for their own income to increase.
This is an amazing volunteer group, but I am stunned that these people have basically no other options. The US migrant system is clearly in a really bad place and need heavy reform.
These people do have other options. They want US welfare
@@CandiceMMartinezthe us doesnt have free healthcare, housing, education, etc. What welfare?
@@apothe6 I see where your coming from, but there ARE programs that SOME refugees qualify for. many of the person(s) forcing their way into the U.S. do not qualify for those programs. Many do not have skills. This whole situation is fucked
@@apothe6 you have GOT to be kidding me. Not for us, but for them they do 🤣🤣🤣
Wow what a story. It’s crazy that there is so little government involvement in this process, and grassroots volunteers hold it all together!
your right, government needs to step in and stop it!!
We need wall
Fascinating story and excellent reporting. Thanks for highlighting this issue.
If something is broken what do you do ? FIX IT.
That Power guy is a creepy dude
Great reporting - really impactful to meet the humans behind the headlines
😂 they're not Americans so they got to go
Meanwhile you got American homeless people dying on the streets for any kind of support smdh
All welfare schemes. Are these looking for your taxes dollar
He's broke.
So, now Igor gets to vote.
I hate him
Why
He the part of the problem he welcome them here Like its ok off America tax dollars they illegals and don't belong here . Let them live with him and pay for them
Trump 2024
@@marmarbynum1540
Huh ?
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Trump 2024🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Excellent reporting and production
It is all working just like it should....
Trump's deporting them all 😅😅😅
Vote Trump
TRUMP 2024
God Bless NYC. May all the migrants from Texas and other states be moved to NYC. Truly a wonderful sight!
Not fair! You're only saying that because it's true!
Things will be even better when Trump's in prison.
We New Yorkers must accept these migrants as our long lost brothers and sisters.
John Balnis 😅😅😅😅
Quit clowning.🤡