A federal spending bill will send $800 million to cities struggling to provide for thousands of migrants arriving from the southern border. The funds can go toward shelter, food, transportation, basic health and other support services for asylum seekers.
expected to pass by the end of the week, according to a person close to Schumer.
It will be awarded through competitive grants that cities can apply for. Other municipalities like Washington, D.C., and Chicago have also received significant numbers of migrants. Mayor Eric Adams has been pleading for federal help to aid the 31,000 asylum seekers who have arrived in the city this year. New York City is expecting 1,000 more people a week to arrive when a federal restriction known as Title 42, which prohibited many asylum seekers from entering the country on public health grounds, expires. The rule had been scheduled to lift on Wednesday but was paused by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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