Mayors of US cities seek meeting with Biden on how to handle incoming migrants
The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, and Los Angeles are pressing to meet with President Joe Biden about the migrants arriving in their cities.
NYC sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town
City Hall confirmed the establishment of a new “reticketing center" in Manhattan where asylum-seekers can get free, one-way tickets to anywhere in the world.
NYC considers outdoor encampments for migrants as indoor shelter options dwindle
City officials are considering handing out tents to newly arriving migrants, so they can create encampments in parks and other outdoor spaces.
NYC migrant crisis: Mayor Adams considering ‘tent cities’ for asylum seekers
Reports are suggesting Mayor Eric Adams is considering "tent cities" for migrants across New York City. Councilman Ari Kagan joined Good Day New York to discuss the crisis.
NYC limiting migrant families with children to 60-day shelter stays
It's the mayor's latest attempt to provide relief to the city's shelter system and finances as it grapples with more than 120,000 international migrants who have come to New York, many without housing or the legal ability to work.
Alabama Gov. Ivey sending 275 National Guard troops to Mexico border: ‘Every state has become a border state'
Ivey is the latest Republican governor to send National Guard soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border amid pleas from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Adams to residents of Puebla, Mexico: 'Mi casa es su casa,' but 'there's no more room'
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in Puebla, Mexico, thanking migrants for their contributions to his city, but telling them it is already full.
Biden administration resuming deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas cited the new measure as one of the “strict consequences" the Biden administration is pairing with the expansion of legal pathways for asylum seekers.
Biden administration resuming deportation flights for Venezuelan migrants, AP sources say
The news comes not long after the administration increased protected status for Venezuelans who arrive to the U.S.
Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas
The Biden administration announced it waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction, marking the administration’s first use of a sweeping executive power employed often during the Trump presidency.
NYC moves to suspend 'right to shelter' as migrant influx continues
New York City as been moving to suspend the so called right to shelter for months under the surge of migrants, arguing the requirement was never intended to be applied to a humanitarian crisis .
New York City mayor heads to Latin America with message for asylum seekers: 'We are at capacity'
New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he's traveling to Latin America to discourage people from seeking asylum in the city as it struggles to handle a massive influx of migrants.
10,000 migrants a day head to US border, Mexico's president says
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the surge of migrants reaching Mexico’s northern border with the United States is partly due to about 6,000 migrants per day crossing into Mexico from Guatemala over the past week.
Harlem community activist fighting deportation to Jamaica
Robert Panton, 57, is facing deportation to Jamaica over a 30-year-old nonviolent drug offense. But his supporters, like Sen. Chuck Schumer are hoping they can get ICE officials to change their minds.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott praises Mayor Adams, Hochul for pressuring Biden on migrant crisis
“This is unsustainable, and those are the words of your mayor," Governor Abbott said about Mayor Adams.
NYC migrant crisis: Legal battle over right-to-shelter law continues
New York City is moving forward with its effort to lift its right-to-shelter mandate in some capacity.
Judge rules that migrant shelter at Staten Island's St. John Villa Academy must close
A judge has ordered that migrants must vacate a former high school being used as a shelter on Staten Island.
Hochul calls on National Guard to help Venezuelans apply for work authorization
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has called up 150 members of the National Guard to help asylum seekers and migrants apply for work authorization.
Residents protest plan to turn former Manhattan College dorm into migrant shelter
Protestors took to the streets over talks that a former Manhattan College dorm located in the Bronx, specifically Riverdale, might soon be turned into another emergency shelter for migrants.
NYC migrants face shelter limits as agencies tighten belts
City officials have told some adult migrants that they have hit the 60-day limit for staying in the city's shelter system.