The Challenges of Migrant Influx in New York City.

The lifting of Title 42, an emergency health authority that prevented the spread of Covid-19, has led to a surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border. Asylum seekers are now allowed to enter the US and apply for asylum, with up to 30,000 people per month from Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Cuba being accepted as long as they have a sponsor and apply online first. New York City has received over 70,000 migrants since the surge began, with some potentially being housed in Buffalo. Migrants seeking asylum are barred from working for the first six months after filing their paperwork, but New York officials are calling for expedited work permits and more immigration judges to handle the surge of cases.