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Gov. Hochul considers cutting back 'unsustainable' migrant crisis spending: report
NY1.com (10/30/23)
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is considering cutting back on how much the state will spend on the migrant crisis going forward, arguing the “unsustainable” situation could negatively impact other areas of the state budget.
Indians Are Entering the US Illegally in Record Numbers
Wall Street Journal (10/29/23)
Roughly 42,000 migrants from India have crossed the southern border illegally during the fiscal year starting last October through September, according to data compiled by US Customs and Border Protection. That is more than double the number from the same period the prior year, when crossings by Indians hit a historic high. An additional 1,600 have crossed from the northern border illegally—four times the number who crossed in the last three years combined.
Nearly 200 migrants expected to be released from shelters Tuesday
KDVR.com -Denver (10/30/23)
Migrant families, who were given extra days at shelters because of extremely cold weather over the weekend, will have to leave the shelters on Tuesday. Some 190 immigrants will be forced to leave hotel shelters in Denver.
Ashby, others, urge governor to sign bill to help veterans
Poststar.com (10/28/23)
With the stroke of her pen, the governor can expedite the naturalization process for the undocumented family members of servicemembers and veterans. Ahead of Veterans Day, the bipartisan group of lawmakers who pushed the bill are urging her to do just that.
Chicago migrants from Venezuela, Ukrainian refugees receive very different receptions
ABC7Chicago.com (10/27/23)
Chicago continues to struggle with the number of new migrants in the city. More than 19,000, largely from Venezuela, have arrived since 2022, with more than 11,000 in city shelters and around 3,300 awaiting placement, mostly living in police districts. But the city has also welcomed more than 30,000 refugees from Ukraine since Russia's invasion in 2022. The two groups have received very different receptions.
NYC’s ‘reticketing center’ gives migrants free one-way airfares to anywhere else but here
New York Post (10/27/23)
New York City is now steering migrants to a new “reticketing center,” where they can secure a free one-way plane ticket anywhere in the world—as Mayor Eric Adams scrambles to free up space in the Big Apple’s already-overburdened shelter system.
Nearly two-thirds of New Yorkers blame Biden for migrant crisis: poll
New York Post (10/24/23)
The overwhelming majority of New York voters blame President Biden for letting the migrant crisis spiral out of control, a new poll released Tuesday reveals. The Siena College survey found that a stunning 84 percent of voters consider the influx of migrants a serious problem, with 57 percent identifying it as a “very” serious problem. Only 12 percent of respondents said the problem is not serious.
State sides with city in court case to suspend right-to-shelter
NY1.com (10/11/23)
New York Governor Kathy Hochul agreed with New York City Mayor Eric Adams on the need to suspend the right-to-shelter in New York City. A lawyer for the governor filed a letter siding with the city’s request. The letter argues that the mandate is placing a burden on the city it can’t meet.
Reports Worth Revisiting
Asian Americans Hold Mixed Views Around Affirmative Action
Pew Research Center (06/08/23)
About half of Asian adults who have heard of affirmative action (53 percent) say it is a good thing, 19 percent say it is a bad thing, and 27 percent say they don’t know whether it is good or bad. However, about three-quarters of all Asian adults (76 percent) say race or ethnicity should not factor into college admissions decisions.
The State of Black Immigrants Part 1: A Statistical Portrait of Black Immigrants in the United States
Black Alliance for Just Immigration and NYU School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic (2016)
The last four decades have represented a period of significant demographic change in the United States. Now more than ever, Black immigrants compose a significant percentage of both immigrant and Black populations in the US overall. This report presents a statistical snapshot of the Black immigrant population, drawing upon recent studies and original analysis.
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