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New York Governor Mulls Potential State-Issued Work Permits for Illegal Immigrants

The Biden administration appeared not to be very supportive of such an effort.
New York Governor Mulls Potential State-Issued Work Permits for Illegal Immigrants
Illegal immigrants sleep outside the Roosevelt Hotel as they wait for placement at the hotel in New York on Aug. 1, 2023. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
9/14/2023|Updated: 9/14/2023
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As an influx of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants overwhelms New York City, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking into an “unprecedented” option to provide the new arrivals with documents that would allow them to legally work in the state.

On Tuesday afternoon, shortly before a discussion with state legislative leaders on the illegal immigrant crisis, Ms. Hochul told reporters in her Manhattan office that she intended to support a new bill that would dramatically shorten the waiting period between filing an asylum claim and getting a work permit.
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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