Mayor Eric Adams says some 15,000 newcomers would be eligible for work authorization through the expansion and redesignation of TPS.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants in New York City woke up on Thursday to the news that the U.S. government would grant them "temporary protected status" — a designation that will allow them to legally live and work in the country.
Since coming to the country seven months ago, Mesa said he’s been able to find some work doing construction and painting. But because he doesn’t have work authorization, work has been sporadic — and all under the table. Outside of the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown, one of the city’s emergency shelters for migrants, Milagros Conde breathed a sigh of relief. The 21-year-old arrived in the U.S. in May with her two children and her partner from Venezuela, making them eligible for TPS through the federal government’s extension and redesignation.
Conde was unaware of the news until she was told by a reporter. She said she’d spent the last six nights sleeping on the street after she was kicked out of the Roosevelt Hotel for her involvement in an altercation.
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