Protest Against NYC Mayor's 60-Day Shelter Limit for Migrants

Critics argue policy uproots families, disrupts education; first families to reach limit to receive extensions through early January.

Migrant families and advocates rallied outside New York City Hall to protest Mayor Eric Adams' plan to limit the stay of newly arrived immigrants in city-run shelters to 60 days.
The order, issued in October, was intended to relieve a shelter system overwhelmed by asylum-seekers crossing the southern U.S. border, according to Adams.
Critics argue the policy uproots families who have already made dangerous journeys to the U.S. and forces migrant students to move schools as their families seek new places to live.
The first families affected by the order were expected to reach their time limit just days after Christmas, but the mayor's office has said these migrants will receive extensions through early January.
So far, around 3,500 families have been issued notices, and single adult migrants are already capped at 30 days in shelters.