Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

spicytoastaficionado t1_j6xqjpo wrote

Reply to comment by Grass8989 in NYPD Sweeps Migrants from Manhattan Hotel Following Days of Protest by drpvn

The majority of them are not legitimate asylum seekers. This has been the trend going back almost a decade when economic migrants first started abusing the asylum system en masse.

For instance, the other day there was a story about migrants selling candy on trains. One of the migrants profiled was from Ecuador. While Ecuador has a lower standard of living than the U.S., it is hard to believe an Ecuadorian has a valid asylum claim going by the USCIS criteria.

184

misterferguson t1_j6y4g9z wrote

I saw that article. Did they specify that the Ecuadorian person was applying for asylum?

13

spicytoastaficionado t1_j6zk5md wrote

The migrants profiled in the article arrived in NYC by bus within the last two weeks. One of them specifically described trekking to the U.S. via Mexico and receiving aid from a shelter worker.

The migrants being bussed to NYC are those who have been released into the country by CPD as their asylum cases are pending.

They aren't here as tourists, and obviously not in the country on a school or work visa. An Ecuadorian national going through the conventional means for legally immigrating here (green card, etc.) wouldn't be selling candy on the subway while living at a city shelter.

Did they specifically say they are applying for asylum? No. But there is enough in the article to logically deduce that is how they ended up here.

Similarly to how every article about migrants at hotels don't specify if every single person there is applying for asylum, when it is pretty obvious that is the case.

43