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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Dorian Geiger

‘Climate of terror’: New York’s migrants and asylum seekers brace for Trump

Venezuelan asylum seeker Diana Zarate stands with her children outside Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel after Donald Trump was elected US president in November [Dorian Geiger/Al Jazeera]

Manhattan, New York – On a brisk autumn day, Diana Zarate stood on a New York City sidewalk, surrounded by a clump of her family’s suitcases and backpacks.

Towering above her was the Roosevelt Hotel, a sprawling 850-room facility that has served as a migrant shelter since 2023.

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