The mayor's visit comes as New York City continues to see an influx of asylum seekers arriving at bus stations and airports, straining the city’s shelter system as officials struggle to house and care for the new arrivals.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Mayor Eric Adams traveled to El Paso, Texas this weekend to survey how the Southern border city is handling the ongoing migrant crisis.
The visit comes as New York City continues to see an influx of asylum seekers arriving at bus stations and airports, straining the city’s shelter system as officials struggle to house and care for the new arrivals. City officials report roughly 40,000 migrants have arrived in the five boroughs since last spring.
Adams on Saturday night visited an area of El Paso where asylum seekers took refuge in tents on the street. The scene was similar to theThe Texas city sees about 900 people arriving each day from across the U.S. Mexico border,On Sunday, Adams planned to tour a shelter and a support center for migrants, talk with community residents and visit a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility.
The visit comes as New York City struggles to keep up with the steady stream of people arriving from the Southern border. More than 3,000 people arrived in New York in the first week of January, and 835 people arrived on a single day last week, the most since the crisis began, city officials said.
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