How New York City Became the Center Of a Debate Over Immigration
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🗓️ 21 September 2023
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Summary
The city, like others, has struggled to deal with the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants - bussed in from Republican-led states like Texas and Florida.
Amid rising pressure to do something to alleviate this problem, the Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it was granting Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, to nearly a half million Venezuelans - thousands of whom are in New York City. TPS protects them from deportation and allows them to apply for work permits.
Host Ailsa Chang speaks with NPR's Jasmine Garsd about how New York has landed at the center of America's immigration debate and what the Biden administration's policy announcement means for migrants.
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| 0:14.7 | So, when we think of immigration, |
| 0:22.0 | our eyes often turn to the southwest, right? |
| 0:24.7 | Not the northeast. |
| 0:26.6 | But over the last few months, |
| 0:28.3 | New York City has become an unlikely battleground |
| 0:31.3 | for migrant rights. |
| 0:33.0 | The city, like others, |
| 0:34.3 | has struggled to deal with the arrival |
| 0:35.8 | of tens of thousands of migrants, |
| 0:38.2 | bust in from Republican-led states like Texas and Florida. |
| 0:42.3 | New York City's mayor, Eric Adams, |
| 0:44.1 | has been calling on Washington to help. |
| 0:46.3 | Let them work. |
| 0:49.1 | We must expect that work authorization |
| 0:51.6 | for silent seekers, not in the future, but now. |
| 0:56.0 | There have been anti-immigration protests |
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