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00:00This is the Manhattan hotel that's been dubbed a modern-day Ellis Island.
00:05A temporary shelter for many of the 200,000 migrants that have come to New York over the past two years,
00:12including Emily and her children.
00:17It was really difficult being alone here with my kids.
00:21I ended up in hospital many times, but now I have my papers.
00:27Emily was a civil engineer in Venezuela, but violence and instability forced her to flee.
00:33Emily's husband has gone ahead to Ohio to look for work, in the hope that his family will soon join him.
00:40Many other migrants are looking to head elsewhere due to the high cost of living here.
00:45Not Frances. She wants to stay in New York, but her papers have not come through yet.
00:51In the absence of a work permit, she sells empanadas on the street.
00:55If they catch me, they throw out my produce or they can fine me $1,000.
00:59Frances is also from Venezuela.
01:01She came here with her four children after her husband was murdered by kidnappers.
01:06We walk through the forest, through Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
01:14Then we made it here.
01:16I try to put on a brave face.
01:20I don't like to cry.
01:27New York City Mayor Eric Adams has predicted that the migrants will cost the city $2 billion.
01:33Eric Adams has predicted that the migrants will cost the city $10 billion over a three-year period.
01:39This has stoked resentment from some.
01:43This postal office worker takes out his ire on an anti-Trump protester.
01:54At an event for homeless and migrant families in Brooklyn, a local Democrat speaks up for the new arrivals.
02:02When you see the types of jobs that a lot of the migrants have to take,
02:05they're not the types of jobs that a lot of people would even want to take.
02:09And the economy is booming because these people are coming over here because they want to work.
02:13We're tired of the hate-mongering and we're tired of the divisiveness.
02:22The Democrats are banking in part on positive messaging
02:25and debunking disinformation about migrants to help them secure more votes in this presidential election.
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