NYC Offers More Than $6 Million to Support Asylum-Seekers Amid Influx

NYC Offers More Than $6 Million to Support Asylum-Seekers Amid Influx
Illegal immigrants board a bus after being apprehended near the border between Mexico and the United States in Del Rio, Texas, on May 16, 2021. Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
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The New York City mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs has announced a new multimillion-dollar package to be spent as aid for asylum-seekers.

In total, the office will grant $6.75 million worth of contracts to nonprofit organizations for “case management and other critical services” in support of asylum-seekers, the office said on Aug. 14 on Twitter. The grant doesn’t mention a need to differentiate legitimate asylum-seekers from illegal immigrants.