Ocasio-Cortez, Espaillat and colleagues urged help for migrants, but were often shouted down.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to reporters with Rep. Adriano Espaillat looking on after they and several House Democratic colleagues visited the Roosevelt Hotel migrant intake center in midtown Manhattan on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. | Emily Ngo for POLITICONEW YORK — A dozen or so House Democrats touring New York City’s central migrant intake center Friday found their remarks to reporters all but drowned out by protesters, a chaotic scene reflective of how fraught the crisis has become.
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Adriano Espaillat and their colleagues visited Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel in the largest and most public show of congressional support thus far for migrant resources, such as more federal funding and expanded work authorization. “As you can see, this is a contentious issue, but we are all Americans and we all believe in the American dream,” Espaillat said, barely audible above a din that featured persistent chants of “Close the border.”The delegation that gathered Friday also included Reps. Jerry Nadler, Nydia Velázquez and Jamaal Bowman, as well as House Democrats with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus representing other states.in late July when beds couldn’t be made available to them.
On Friday, Ocasio-Cortez, frequently the target of attacks from right-leaning demonstrators, could hardly be heard above the jeering, and she was forced to leave while her colleagues broke into smaller groups to speak with reporters. The small but loud group of protesters waved signs discouraging migrant work permission, used a megaphone and lobbed curse words.as the House Republican caucus remains deadlocked.Nadler said he supports funding for shelter services and other programs in a supplemental budget. Bowman called for additional resources to process asylum applications.“What’s going on around here with this small minority is just hateful rhetoric,” Bowman said.
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