Survey: 97% of migrants in NYC haven’t received work authorization in US | NewsNation Now

Officials in New York City are scrambling to fund migrant housing and resources. Most migrants speaking to NewsNation affiliate WPIX say they want to find work, but a new survey from progressive group Make the Road found that 97% of asylum-seeking respondents have not yet received work authorization in the U.S.

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[DocAmerica]

Eric Adams is destroying NYC. STEP DOWN mayor.

[ddellwo]

No work authorization? Looks like they’ll be on NYC’s dime for a LONG time! Sitting around on their duffs unable to work - they will be EXCELLENT Democrats………🙄

[lisachouinard]

They wanted them all here MILLIONS of them and now they cant house them all and we ALL have to pay for this.

[jbalou]

What did they expect by designating themselves as a sanctuary city? What a joke 🙄

[wallynut]

Thanks democrats u should pay for that shit

[i-tiyahman]

They can apply it doesn’t mean they gonna get green card

[.Survivor]

So NYC is losing >$200k income earners for $0 earners using tax revenue and resources. Interesting city model. Well done!

[tysieirvin]

Wow and the taxes goes up. I worked for 30yrs and 23yrs in the medical field, when my back suffered 2 hernia disks plus back surgery. I was denied everything to help me to recover. America people don’t count in this country. Now I’m limited to doing normal activities because of my injuries disability is fighting me. I paid more taxes in my life time because of my status. They get housing, money, food and you name it. Just hand over the whole country to them.

[l.austin]

They will never leave if u have them in ur house 125 a day is nothing in new york

[lawanahedgepeth]

And this is all from the people who voted democrat I know in my heart this wouldn’t of had happened if Trump❤️was in office

[mattsaiyajin]

This is why I love smaller town and cities don’t gotta deal with this type of nonsense lol

[monicacai]

If they haven’t even apply for asylum yet, why are they considered “ asylum seekers” in the first place?? And how people can get into us without even apply to asylum if thats the only reason they were being let in in the first place?? So basically I can go to the border and tell them I would like to apply for asylum, even tho I don’t any intentions to do it cause most likely I wouldn’t get it anyways, they would open their border without studying my case ?? Just like let everybody in?? Not question…. Wow… why you guys need a border anyways??

[curiousdog]

Send the Migrants to work in Canada to help put out the forest fires

[wallynut]

Send them back they woke coming in my home!

[smaweyes]

it's time to bring elis island back from retirement

[cab-cizn]

this is not surprising to anyone who has knowledge of immigration law given the recent massive influx of asylum seekers the city has been seeing. asylum seekers are not even eligible TO APPLY or work authorization until their petition for asylum has been pending with USCIS for 150 days. once they do apply for employment authorization it takes another 30 days for USCIS to process it; however, given the number of petitioners I'm assuming the processing time will be much longer for many. only Ukrainian asylum seekers (ie- those from a predominately white European country) were given the ability to immediately apply for EADs.

[patrickmendez]

Too bad only those that support this can't pay for it. Jokes on Americans.

[bonifacioaraneta]

Why Worry, Joe will Take Care of Them !

[sharon-qcgn]

Anyone thinking about putting these unvetted people up in your homes, be careful, besides the potential danger..you may never be able to put them out. In nyc after 30 days your are considered a tenant, and the “landlord’ will have to go to court to get you evicted and must have a good reason ( besides filth and the tenant inviting two other illegals to move in) for wanted the ‘tenant’ out. The states pays 3-5 hundred dollars a day for each room in a hotel, and they want to pay homeowners 125 a day?

[john]

We need to make a more streamlined process for work visas