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The debate is playing out in state budget negotiations. Gov. Hochul is proposing spending $2.4 billion to help house and feed some of the over 160,000 migrants who have entered New York during the past year.
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But Beth Broadway would prefer the federal government address immigration holistically, rather than piecemeal.
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Hochul says her administration has been working with the Biden Administration on implementing a program granting Temporary Protected Status to thousands of Venezuelan migrants.
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They’ll be helping to process work permits for Venezuelan asylum-seekers who recently were granted the right to apply for jobs in the next 30 days.
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She says she discussed options with legislative leaders.
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CNY workplace justice advocates say the crisis is exacerbating existing challenges to expedite work authorizations for asylum seekers
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The Siena College poll finds that 82 percent of New Yorkers are concerned about the state’s migrant crisis, which they view as a “serious” problem.
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Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday that she has finally made some headway in getting the administration of President Joe Biden to help New York with its migrant crisis.
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Governor Hochul has for months asked her political ally, President Joe Biden, and his administration to waive a six-month waiting period before the tens of thousands of asylum-seekers entering New York are allowed to seek jobs. Biden has so far not agreed.
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New York City has for months been struggling to house and feed the influx of migrant asylum-seekers from the southern border. Some have been bused to hotels upstate.