FOX 5 New York spoke with one migrant couple to hear how they risked their lives to reach New York City in search of safety and opportunities.
FOX 5 New York's Jessica Formoso speaks with Yasmelis Rodriguez, a woman from Venezuela who traveled across the border with her husband so they could get work and send money back home to their four-year-old daughter and family.For many migrants arriving in New York City, the journey to reach the United States was a desperate and dangerous one, driven by violence or lack of opportunity in their home country.
"There are more than 300 people at that shelter, I don't know how many exactly," Rodriguez told FOX 5 New York. "Even the bathrooms collapse due to the number of people because there is no space, but they give us breakfast, lunch and dinner."Migrants and asylum seekers are turning to selling goods in the city's subways as they away decisions on their status and ability to work legally in the city.
"You see many things," Rodriguez said. "…there are dead people just lying there. There are wild animals like snakes, monkeys... it's hard." Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams want the Biden administration to expedite the process for legal asylum seekers to get their working papers. FOX 5 NY's Christine Russo has the story.
"The hardest treatment was Mexico, not with the people from there, they are very good, but with the immigration folks, it is hard," Rodriguez said. "I don't know if it's their job, but they treat us so bad, they insult us, and it shouldn't be like that we are all human beings."
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