Immigration Watch International (2): NYC recruiting private lawyers to help tens of thousands of migrants with asylum applications, while data shows massive backlog, high denial rate

Thursday, June 22, 2023

NYC recruiting private lawyers to help tens of thousands of migrants with asylum applications, while data shows massive backlog, high denial rate

New York City is recruiting private lawyers to help tens of thousands of migrants flooding the Big Apple fill out asylum applications, while data shows there’s a massive backlog and most asylum claims are denied.

City Hall officials said Wednesday that since last spring, 78,700 “asylum seekers” have arrived and upward of 48,700 migrants are currently living in taxpayer-funded shelters and emergency hotels.

Although Mayor Adams announced a new program aimed at helping migrants file paperwork, “many” have failed to submit official claims with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Manuel Castro, Adams’ Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, admitted Wednesday that the Big Apple collects “limited information” about how many migrants have filed for asylum and where they are in the process — even though the city just announced they’re opening a new program to help people with applications.

“New York City collects very limited information. There are rules around this, as to the individual’s immigration status and application process, or statuses,” he said.

NYC is recruiting private lawyers to help tens of thousands of migrants flooding the Big Apple fill out asylum applications, while data shows there’s a massive backlog and most asylum claims are denied.
Seth Gottfried

“So we are not collecting information about how many people have applied, when they’ve applied and how many more people need to apply.”

Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom previously said the city is aware of “very few” individuals submitting claims.

There’s a one-year window upon entry to the US to register claims before their eligibility runs out.

Although Mayor Adams announced a new program aimed at helping migrants file paperwork, “many” have failed to submit official claims with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Matthew McDermott

Right now, over 2 million cases are waiting to be heard by a judge.

Meanwhile, an analysis released by Syracuse University shows 63% of asylum claims nationwide were denied in 2021 and 71% were rejected the year before.

Migrants in the Big Apple could wait up to a decade before appearing in front of a judge, as The Post exclusively reported that the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement office is “fully booked” through 2033 for pending appointments to process new arrivals from the southern border.

A case heard in the city could take up to four years before it’s completed.

The city has struggled to find additional locations to house immigrants and is now contracting with 10 hotels outside the five boroughs, including Westchester, Albany and Poughkeepsie.

City Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol told members of the City Council that 2,800 migrants were processed over the past week during a Wednesday hearing. Wednesday.

More than 13,000 migrants thus far have registered at the welcoming center, the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown, he added.

Iscol said the city does not want to use school gyms or respite centers for more permanent shelter.

“In the future, I hope not,” he said, but added that “everything has to be on the table” in an emergency.

He also railed against legislation passed by the Council that he claims will handcuff the city’s ability to manage the migrant crisis.

Sources have said that Adams is considering vetoing the package.

“I wish there was legislation that could waive a magic wand” to have better facilities that abide by space requirements per migrant.

“That’s not where we are today.”

https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/nyc-recruiting-private-lawyers-to-help-tens-of-thousands-of-migrants-with-asylum-applications-data-shows-backlog-high-denial-rate/

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Postings from Brisbane, Australia by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) -- former member of the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society, former anarcho-capitalist and former member of the British Conservative party.

Why is "La Raza" the one Spanish term that is NEVER translated in the American mass media? Because translating it would make it a lot less respectable. It means "THE RACE" -- The mixed Hispanic "race" of Mexico. Racism is fine South of the Rio Grande only, apparently.

The "line" of this blog is that immigration should be SELECTIVE. That means that:

1). A national government should be in control of it. The U.S. and U.K. governments are not but the Australian government has shown that the government of a prosperous Western country can be. Up until its loss of office in 2007, the conservative Howard government had all but eliminated illegal immigration. The present Leftist government has however restarted the flow of illegals by repealing many of the Howard government regulations.

2). Selectivity should be based on "the content of a man's character, not on the color of his skin", as MLK said. To expand that a little: Immigrants should only be accepted if they as individuals seem likely to make a positive net contribution to the country. Many "refugees" would fail that test: Muslims and Africans particularly. Educational level should usually be a pretty fair proxy for the individual's likely value to the receiving country. There will, of course, be exceptions but it is nonetheless unlikely that a person who has not successfully completed High School will make a net positive contribution to a modern Western society.

3). Immigrants should be neither barred NOR ACCEPTED solely because they are of some particular ethnic origin. Blacks are vastly more likely to be criminal than are whites or Chinese, for instance, but some whites and some Chinese are criminal. It is the criminality that should matter, not the race.

4). The above ideas are not particularly blue-sky. They roughly describe the policies of the country where I live -- Australia. I am critical of Australian policy only insofar as the "refugee" category for admission is concerned. All governments have tended to admit as refugees many undesirables. It seems to me that more should be required of them before refugees are admitted -- for instance a higher level of education or a business background.

5). Perhaps the most amusing assertion in the immigration debate is that high-income countries like the USA and Britain NEED illegal immigrants to do low-paid menial work. "Who will pick our crops?" (etc.) is the cry. How odd it is then that Australians get all the normal services of a modern economy WITHOUT illegal immigrants! Yes: Before the pandemic, you usually COULD buy a lettuce in Australia for a dollar or thereabouts. And Australia IS a major exporter of primary products.

6). I am a libertarian conservative so I reject the "open door" policy favoured by many libertarians and many Leftists. Both those groups tend to have a love of simplistic generalizations that fail to deal with the complexity of the real world. It seems to me that if a person has the right to say whom he/she will have living with him/her in his/her own house, so a nation has the right to admit to living among them only those individuals whom they choose.

I can be reached on jonjayray@hotmail.com -- or leave a comment on any post. Abusive comments will be deleted.

Immigration Watch International (2)

Thursday, June 22, 2023

NYC recruiting private lawyers to help tens of thousands of migrants with asylum applications, while data shows massive backlog, high denial rate

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