Adams suspends NYC's obligation to house asylum seekers
The mayor says the city has cared for more than 61,000 asylum seekers and is running out of options.
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The mayor says the city has cared for more than 61,000 asylum seekers and is running out of options.
Many of the asylum seekers arriving in El Paso, Texas, could be bussed to New York City as the nation's Title 42 law limiting immigration expires right before midnight. CBS2 political reporter Marcia Kramer has been following this story and joins us with what New York City is doing to prepare.
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The mayor says the city has cared for more than 61,000 asylum seekers and is running out of options. CBS2's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
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New York City is making a major change in the way it helps asylum seekers.
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