New York City Bill Aims To Repeal Sanctuary Status as Migrant Arrivals Surpass 200,000

‘Like most things in New York, sanctuary city policy is a social experiment gone off the rails,’ one councilman says.

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Pedestrians pass migrants waiting in a queue outside of the Roosevelt Hotel, which is being used by New York City as temporary housing. AP/John Minchillo

New York City council members will introduce a bill on Thursday aiming to repeal the city’s sanctuary status, as more than 200,000 migrants have overwhelmed the city since the spring of 2022. 

The Common Sense Caucus, headed by council members Robert Holden, a Democrat, and Joe Borelli, a Republican, says it will announce the introduction of legislation at noon on Thursday at City Hall. 

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