New York City Offers Over $6 Million to Support Asylum Seekers Amid Influx

New York City’s Immigrant Affairs office has announced a new multi-million package to be spent as aid for asylum seekers.

In total, the Immigrant Affairs office will grant $6.75 million worth of contracts to non-profit organizations for “case management and other critical services” in support of asylum seekers, the office said on Aug. 14 on Twitter. The grant doesn’t mention a need to differentiate legitimate asylum seekers from illegal immigrants. The office intends to grant the contract to one not-for-profit entity that offers the “most advantageous offer” to the city.

Organizations will be judged on three criteria—experience, proposed approach, and organizational capability/ability to mobilize immediately.

The selected entity will perform service operations and case management services at one NYC Asylum Seeker Service Navigation Center and five to 10 citywide satellite sites. The organization will be tasked with volunteer recruitment, service flow and client management, public information and education, provision of goods, distribution of supply bags, and so on.

The multi-million spending package comes at a time when New York City is seeing a significant influx of legitimate asylum seekers as well as illegal immigrants, as Texas Governor Greg Abbott has sent buses filled with border crossers to the city. NYC is a sanctuary city that protects illegal immigrants from being arrested and deported by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Abbott blames President Joe Biden’s failure to acknowledge the immigration crisis following the administration’s open border policies for forcing him to transport migrants to NYC so as to keep Texan communities safe.

“New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city,” Abbott said in an Aug. 5 press release.

“I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all

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