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Immigrants pitch tents outside Manhattan hotel to protest relocation
A group of asylum seekers set up camp outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan to oppose the city’s attempt to move them to a Brooklyn shelter on Monday, Jan. 30, according to local news reports. Earlier this month, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to move single men from the Watson Hotel to a new shelter at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal that can accommodate 1,000 people. A representative for Make the Road NY, an organization that advocates for New York State immigrants and “working class people of color,” said, “We are against the city’s action to force asylum seekers to move to Brooklyn Cruises. accuse,” he said. Terminal. “The city should treat recently arrived people just like that. People who need stability to lead a functional daily life, not arbitrarily moving puzzle pieces.” Journalist Jericho Tran shows tents and signs set up near the hotel. Local news reports said police told migrants they could not block the sidewalks and forced them to remove their tents. Credit: @reportingwithjericho via Storyful