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Tents Rise for Migrants
Sarah Maslin NirReporting from New York City
Dave Sanders for The New York Times
Tent shelters were being erected on Monday on Randalls Island to house waves of migrants, including those sent by Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, a Republican. The influx led Mayor Eric Adams to declare an emergency and call on other officials, including those in El Paso, to stop sending people.
Here's how New York is responding to the migrants →
Tents Rise for Migrants
Sarah Maslin NirReporting from New York City
Andrew Seng for The New York Times
The tent shelters, which can house about 500 people, have been criticized as inadequate and costly.
But with the city on pace to house a record number of people in shelters, Adams has said the tents are needed. As of last week, the city was sheltering more than 13,200 asylum seekers , a spokeswoman said.
Tents Rise for Migrants
Sarah Maslin NirReporting from New York City
Dave Sanders for The New York Times
As the tents rose on Randalls Island, in the East River between Upper Manhattan and Queens, a celebration for Indigenous Peoples' Day took place nearby.
Tepees were erected not far from the tents, and a dance troupe had gathered.
Tents Rise for Migrants
Sarah Maslin NirReporting from New York City
Dave Sanders for The New York Times
"There is so much parallelism. Why do people leave their country? It's not actually immigration, it's displacement ," said Potri Ranka Manis, a nurse and founder of the dance troupe, Kinding Sindaw.
"The indigenous people here, they're displaced themselves. They became immigrants in their own land."
Tents Rise for Migrants
Sarah Maslin NirReporting from New York City
David Dee Delgado/Reuters
A spokeswoman for the city of El Paso said that it was the migrants who selected New York as a destination, not city officials, and added that El Paso — which has a Democratic mayor — just provided transportation.
"No one is forced to go where they don't want to go," the spokeswoman said.
Dave Sanders contributed reporting.
Read more about New York City's strained shelter system:
- New York Faces Record Homelessness as Mayor Declares Migrant Emergency
- Why New York Is Resorting to Tents to House Surge of Migrants
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Again, NY can do what Florida and Texas cannot...
What? Cry about a ridiculously small number of immigrants?
They've had to declare a state of emergency over fewer people than Texas takes in every 48 hours.
Lol .....
No they can't. I don't see Florida or Texas claiming their shelter system is straining amid an influx of migrants.
You need to fix this seed. I seriously doubt that Gov. Greg Abbott is the author of the article.