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A Free Legal Clinic in a Colorado Resort Town is Helping Migrants Get Work Permits
NPR (01/11/24)
Aspen Public Radio reports on how a resort community is helping Venezuelan migrants navigate the federal work permit process, which can be expensive and time-consuming. The volunteers are hopeful their work will help reduce the reliance on emergency shelters and possible homelessness if migrants are allowed to work.
Denver Mayor's Faith Guides Him on Immigration Issue as City Grapples with Migrant Crisis: 'Not sustainable'
Fox News (01/12/24)
Denver Democrat Mayor Mike Johnson says his city is on an unsustainable expenditure path related to helping thousands of recent migrants arriving in the city and believes that coordination like that seen to help Afghan and Ukrainian migrants that allowed for rapid work authorization would be a significant step to help other migrants.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat says 60-day Shelter Limit is ‘Unrealistic’ in Some Ways
Spectrum News NY1 (01/12/24)
Last week, the first group of migrants with children were forced to pack up and leave their shelters under new limits put in place by the Adams administration. However, Congressman Adriano Espaillat said during a television interview that the city’s 60-day limit on stays for migrant families at shelters is “unrealistic” in some ways.
Many Older Immigrants in New York Are Struggling: ‘I Have No Future’
New York Times (01/13/24)
Older immigrants now make up just over half of New York City’s 65-and-over population. Their numbers have increased at more than twice the rate of U.S.-born seniors since 2010, mainly because of the graying of immigrants who came decades ago as young adults and workers. Many have no nest egg, and some are coping with social isolation.
New York Plans to Spend Billions More on Migrant Crisis
Wall Street Journal (01/16/24)
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced an additional $2.4 billion to fund the cost of caring for migrants in New York City, which will assist with a crisis that has overwhelmed the city’s normal network of homeless shelters. The additional state funding was welcomed by city officials, who project the cost of providing food, shelter, medical care, and other services to the migrants will reach around $10 billion through the summer of 2025.
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