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Jasmine Garsd

As NYC limits access to migrants and asylum seekers, many are left homeless

Jose Alvarado, an asylum seeker who arrived in New York City from Venezuela, sits at his camp. Alvarado says he was expelled from the Clinton Hill shelter due to an incident in the facility bathrooms. Brooklyn, New York, U.S., Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR)

From the outside, the tall white building looks like any other hip, new Brooklyn living space. But about a thousand migrant men sleep here every night and there's room for hundreds more. It's a sort of mega shelter, poised to become one of New York City's largest.

It's been open for just a few weeks, and it's already riddled with accusations of abuse.

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