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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Viral story of migrants displacing unhoused veterans from hotels turns out to be false

police car outside a hotel
The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, New York. The founder of a non-profit group has been accused of fabricating a story about unhoused military veterans being evicted from the hotel to make room for international migrants, a tale that stoked days of outrage on cable news networks. Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

Recent reports about how migrants displaced unhoused veterans from upstate New York hotels have turned out to be false after circulating widely among rightwing media outlets.

In an odd saga involving apparently altered receipts and paid unhoused actors, the chief executive of Yerik Israel Toney Foundation (YIT) – a non-profit organization focused on housing military veterans – has been accused of fabricating stories about unhoused veterans getting kicked out of hotels to make space for migrants.

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