FIND & POST LOCAL JOBS FOR FREE AT CARIBBEANLIFE.COM/JOBS ‘WE NEED HELP’ Vol. 39, Issue 33 BROOKLYN EDITION August 17-23, 2023 Advocates urge Biden to ‘step up’ for Carib asylum-seekers By Nelson A. King Immigration advocates in Pols call for New York have...
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FIND & POST LOCAL JOBS FOR FREE AT CARIBBEANLIFE.COM/JOBS ‘WE NEED HELP’ Vol. 39, Issue 33 BROOKLYN EDITION August 17-23, 2023 Advocates urge Biden to ‘step up’ for Carib asylum-seekers By Nelson A. King Immigration advocates in Pols call for New York have urged the Fed- eral Government to “step up and increase” support for Caribbean gov assistance and other asylum seekers. The call came as the US Department of Homeland Securi- with migrants ty on Wednesday sent an “assess- ment team” to New York City to By Jada Camille evaluate the ability of the state Local leaders gathered on the and city to handle the ongoing steps of the Brooklyn Borough arrivals of asylum seekers. Hall on Tuesday to admonish the “This past weekend marked federal government for its lack of the anniversary of the first buses assistance in serving the near- arriving at Port Authority [in ly 100,000 asylum seekers who New York], and, still, the Federal have arrived in the city since last Government has made very litt
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