About 1,300 African immigrants gathered outside New York City Hall on Tuesday, demanding promises of green cards and work visas if they showed up.
“Only 250 people were allowed inside for the 10 a.m. hearing, but hundreds of others who had gathered downtown were left outside in a park where they sang and cheered. “The video showed them doing it,” he said. new york post.
Most of the immigrants came from countries in West Africa and Guinea. When you talk to new york postSome say they were lured to City Hall by a group of activists who promised them work visas or green cards if they turned themselves in.
“I was told that if I came here today, they would help me get a work permit and a green card,” said Amadou Sara Barr, 44, who immigrated from Guinea in November.
Barr had applied for a work permit in March, but was stressed out by the five-month waiting period. He and his friends waited for several hours on a bench near City Hall.
“There are a lot of people here and we don’t know how to get the help they’re telling us to come to us,” he said. new york post. “I’m here to get a green card. I’m looking for help.”
Dial Rochitorio, a 19-year-old from Guinea, said he was told by “community elders” to come to city hall to seek asylum.
“They told us to come here at this time of the day and give us more information,” he said.
Asitan Makadi, from the organization African Communities Together, said he went to City Hall after learning that migrants were being lured there under false pretenses.
“They had some misunderstandings, so we’re here to provide an explanation,” Makadi said.
“They don’t have nothing, they are human beings and they are entitled to everything. We are all human beings,” Makadi added. “They have nowhere to go. As you can see, I don’t think so. [the city housing is] It’s happening because they’re all here because they don’t have a place to sleep. ”
NEW YORK – Hundreds of illegal immigrants from Haiti and Africa are currently waiting outside New York City Hall.
The majority are single men and primarily speak French. They said they were here to ask the city for more support and the ability to work. pic.twitter.com/B7omQPUnRy
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A joint public hearing of the City Council’s Immigration Committee and Hospitals Committee “discussed the experiences of immigrants in shelters; [Adams] The administration is addressing language access barriers, cultural competency challenges, health needs, and other obstacles faced by immigrants.
One of the key issues is overcoming language barriers, especially from a continent like Africa, which contains nearly 3,000 languages.
“This is an issue that primarily belongs to the federal government. We need to do more to provide training in these languages,” Manuel Castro, director of the Mayor’s Office of Immigration Affairs, told the City Council.
“In the early days of asylum seeker arrivals, it was mainly Venezuelans, Ecuadorians, and other Spanish-speaking asylum seekers. But as more people started arriving from all over the world, we We’re going through a bit of an adjustment period,” Castro added.
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