Dem-run city expands asylum assistance to migrants amid stinging budget cuts due to raging crisis

New York City is expanding assistance to migrants to help them complete asylum applications and other work authorization forms — as the city struggles to deal with the crisis.

The city has been dealing with a migrant crisis that Adams has warned could "destroy" the city. The more than 140,000 migrants the city has seen since last year represent only a fraction of the millions who have been encountered at the border since the crisis began in 2021, but it has overwhelmed the sanctuary city’s social services — with officials demanding more help from the federal government. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

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So far, the city has helped process 7,200 asylum applications, more than 2,900 work authorizations and 2,900 TPS applications. TPS allows nationals from certain countries to be protected from deportation and to apply for work permits if their country is designated for TPS by the federal government. The Biden administration recently designated Venezuela for TPS, protecting nearly 500,000 migrants.