Sep 14, 2023
Hundreds of asylum seekers flock to a Lower Manhattan federal building in the pre-dawn hours each day in a desperate bid to get benefits, services and keep court appointments - as confusion continues to reign during the Big Apple migrant crisis. The massive queue, nearly entirely made of migrants bused to the five boroughs from the US border, forms outside the JacobK. Javits Federal Building every morning. Those who join are seeking everything from asylum to work permits - with scores of them pitching up and spending the night on the sidewalk and using the nearby bushes as a toilet.
