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National
Josephine Stratman

The heated rhetoric over the migrant standoff in midtown Manhattan obscured a stark reality

NEW YORK — To many, the scene that unfolded over the last week in Hell’s Kitchen was perplexing: Why would migrants sleep on a freezing sidewalk rather than accept a bed and food in Brooklyn?

The migrants’ protest, spurred by their removal from the Watson Hotel, ignited red-hot political rhetoric from all angles.

And once again, the migrants found themselves caught in a political swirl.

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