The Biden administration is sending emails and texts to tens of thousands of migrants to remind them that they are eligible to apply for work permits.
. The Biden administration has been processing both populations under the immigration parole authority, which allows migrants to work and live in the U.S. legally on a temporary basis, typically for two years.
"You are receiving this message because you applied for asylum and might soon be eligible to apply for a work permit," the notification for asylum-seekers reads.Wednesday between top Biden administration officials and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat who has called for the federal government to help the state accommodate tens of thousands of migrants.
The announcement follows months of pressure from Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other local Democratic leaders who've called on the Biden administration to find ways to help migrants obtain work permits, so they can stop relying on local shelters and services. New York City alone is housing 60,000 migrants in over 200 hotels, tents and other facilities, including an airport hangar. More than 200,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans have arrived in the U.S.
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