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.
Immigrants line up to attend a city council hearing on disparities in immigration services for Black immigrants at City Hall in New York on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Guinea n Diogo Diallo poses for a photo as City hall is reflected in his sunglasses in New York on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Over 1,500 Black immigrants turned out across from City Hall during a hearing about racial inequities in the city’s shelter and immigrant support systems.
City Council members are asking for better data because they believe, with some evidence acknowledged by city officials, that Black migrants are more often turned away from shelters, denied access to help in their native languages, and less able to find accommodations for religious practices than others.
“I’m very impressed that, you know, today there was a call to action and you showed up,” Council Member Mercedes Narcisse said to those inside the hearing room and outside in the park. Some countries in Africa, such as Sudan and Ethiopia, are also on that relief list, but not Guinea or other common origin countries of New York immigrants such as Senegal and Mauritania. And like the relief for Venezuelans, the protections don’t apply to migrants who have arrived since the initial announcement.
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