The City Council considered relatively minor proposals. City officials say African migrants are more likely to arrive to the city without children, meaning they're often less of a priority for limited shelter space. One set of bills would require administrators to collect better data on migrants in city services. Another effort, a resolution, called on the federal government to eliminate or to reimburse immigration application fees. NEW YORK (AP) — Black immigrants turned out in the hundreds on Tuesday across from New York City Hall during a hearing about racial inequities in the city's shelter and immigrant support systems. In December, in response to a surge of violence in Haiti, the administration announced an expansion of the program for Haitians. And like the relief for Venezuelans, the protections don't apply to migrants who have arrived since the initial announcement. New York City is home to thousands of immigrants from African countries whose languages and religions are distinct from the Latin American immigrants who make up the majority of those in the city’s care. “Go look at the otherAround 75% of immigrants who are served by the city speak Spanish, followed by French — which is spoken in Guinea, Haiti and other countries — and then Wolof, Arabic and Chinese, according to Molly Schaefer, who leads the city's Office of Asylum Seeker Operations. No one is sleeping in airports. No one is sleeping in police precincts. No one is sleeping in hospital, on floors. “And we continue to evolve. ”He'd like to get that sooner.
