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Gloria Oladipo in New York

Volunteers extend a hand to migrants from Texas: ‘We welcome them’

A line of people spill out from a bus as two men hold out hands of welcome.
New York has received more than 11,000 asylum seekers from Texas and Arizona since May. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Alexander Rapaport carries multilingual greeting signs and cheers and waves when certain buses pull into the terminal in New York City from Texas and Arizona these days, carrying people sent by the Republican authorities there who don’t wish to assist them.

“These people are seeking asylum. We welcome them. That’s what America stands for,” said Rapaport, who works with Masbia Relief, a crisis response non-profit in the city.

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