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Are undocumented immigrants in most expensive New York hotels? [1]

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Date: 2024-07-23 14:30:26+00:00

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While about 65,000 migrants are being sheltered in New York City hotels, tent dormitories and other shelters, they are not housed in luxury hotels.

Eric Trump said in a speech at the Republican National Convention, “illegal immigrants are housed in the most expensive hotels in New York,” but Sean Hennessey, a hotel industry adviser, told the New York Times it is primarily two-star hotels that are housing undocumented migrants.

New York City entered into a contract of up to $980 million with a hotel trade group to pay hotels that decide to shelter migrants under its “Sancturary Hotel Program.”

Most of those hotels were deep in debt, facing foreclosure or had received poor reviews from guests. About half were brand names including Courtyard, Holiday Inn Express, SpringHill Suites and Super 8.

The city contract requires hotels hosting migrants to pick up trash, do housekeeping every other day and provide fresh towels.



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Sources

New York Times: Why N.Y.C. Hotel Rooms Are So Expensive Right Now

Bloomberg: NYC Pays Over $300 a Night for Budget Hotel Rooms for Migrants

New York Times: Inside the Manhattan Hotel That Is the New Ellis Island

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