asylum seekers

New Yorkers oppose using SUNY dorms to temporarily house new migrants to the state by a relatively substantial margin, 54% to 33%.

Before he left Mauritania, the West African nation of his birth, Mohamed thought of New York as a place of “open arms,” a refuge for immigrants fleeing dire circumstances. Now that he’s here, seeking political asylum from a government he feared would kill him, he doesn't feel welcome.

Civil rights and immigration support groups protested Suffolk County’s plans to block migrants from relocating there, saying any lawsuit would be discriminatory. Then, legislators sidestepped the issue.

Broome County and several other upstate counties have issued emergency declarations to ban local hotels from sheltering asylum seekers. One Binghamton immigration nonprofit weighed in on what the new order means for them.

A growing number of county executives are issuing emergency declarations meant to prevent New York City Mayor Eric Adams from relocating asylum seekers to counties outside the five boroughs.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an executive order Tuesday ahead of an expected increase in asylum seekers that she said will allow the state to mobilize more National Guard members and to quickly react to food and supply needs.

The Broome County executive is expected to join other counties in trying to prevent New York City from contracting short-term rentals to temporarily house asylum seekers, as the city expects increased waves of migrants.

Over the weekend, Republican congressman Tom Reed hosted a series of three town halls around his Southern Tier district. They came just after the partial federal shutdown ended.