The Hunt for Hospitality Workers in New York has become something of an economic puzzle.

From the BBC World Service, this is the Marketplace Morning Report, Will Bain in Fort Leanna.

Again, great to have your company as we round out another week here on the marketplace

morning report. Yeah hospitality businesses in New York City have been telling the

BBC they want working visas for migrants to be fast-tracked as they struggle to

fill job vacancies but the city's authorities

say they're struggling to cope with the number of people arriving in the city.

The BBC's Errand Delmore has been taking a look.

For Columbia native Alexandra Gomez Castro, overwhelming joy.

When I received the work permit, I became filled with tears, a great emotion. She, I'm this.

She says her heart is jumping when she finally gets a permit to work legally in New York City.

We have your work authorization.

Oh, I have she, her husband and their three children

are part of a large influx of migrants arriving in New York City,

totaling more than 180,000 since 2022.

They come from all over the world,

many from South and Central America

fleeing threats of violence by foot

and seeking asylum at the US border.

We arrived with nothing because they took absolutely everything away during the journey.

There she and her children were separated.

How would I explain to a 10 year old girl, the motive for which he came?

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