There was no welcome wagon at Orchard Beach, where the Adams administration plans to house up to 1,000 asylum seekers temporarily.
Protesters gather near the emergency relief center being erected in a parking lot at Orchard Beach. The facility for asylum seekers sent to New York by the busload from Texas could open this week.Protesters gather near the emergency relief center being erected in a parking lot at Orchard Beach. The facility for asylum seekers sent to New York by the busload from Texas could open this week.
Between 20 and 30 demonstrators gathered near where an emergency relief center is being erected as a waystation for new arrivals. He said the “tent city” now emerging was being built without any input from the community or concern for the migrants.during winter?” Quattlebaum asked of the crowd. “We're in the middle of October and it's cold already. How do you think they're gonna feel in November?”
These include migrants who came on buses dispatched by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The Republican, who is ruling for re-election, has used the strategy to target President Joe Biden as being weak on border security. Meanwhile, city shelters have struggled to accommodate the new arrivals, while contending with episodes in which asylum seekers were assaulted or denied shelter.
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