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Ilya Somin

New York's Migrant Crisis is Caused by a Combination of Federal Work Restrictions and Local Zoning Policy

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New York City's migrant crisis has been in the news lately. The basic story is that the city is having difficulty housing some 58,000 aslyum-seeking migrants that have arrived in recent months. Critics understandably focus on the role played by the city's guarantee of free shelter, which has attracted asylum-seekers to New York. That is indeed part of the problem, and NYC should reconsider it.

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