Thread: 'A migrant's life is very hard' - NYC asylum seekers struggle to survive

'A migrant's life is very hard' - NYC asylum seekers struggle to survive


Stephanie Bertini
Mon, November 20, 2023 at 6:55 PM EST·1 min read



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NEW YORK - Life for the more than 130,000 migrants that have arrived in New York City has been a struggle, caught between a city struggling to provide the minimums for them and a lack of work opportunities.

As a result, many are selling whatever goods they can to try and make ends meet.
For Dennis Rico, it's arepas. The Venezuelan migrant walks the streets of Manhattan selling the authentic dish, making around $100 a day.

Many of his customers are other migrants.

"I don't have legal documents," Rico says, explaining why he's selling food on the street.
Rico and his family currently live in an emergency shelter established by the city, but he knows their time there will eventually run out, so he is trying to lay the foundation for a future in any way he can.

"A migrant's life… is very hard," Rico said.

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Rico and his family left Venezuela in search of a better life, due to the poverty and political turmoil plaguing his home nation.

"It’s a reality that’s very hard … very hard and complicated," he said.

While he misses Venezuela, Rico says he's not focusing on what he's trying to build, as he uses the food he loves to move towards his version of the American dream.


VIDEO AT LINK...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrants-...235526584.html

This leech is here illegally.

He has no work authorization.

He has no permit to cook and sell food.

He has no sanitation certificate.

What happens when someone gets Hepatitis, E. coli, or sick from food not stored properly? Our business would be shut down and we would be fined!

He is not paying taxes. He pockets 100% of this money!

He is living FREE off our dime in a shelter.

How much money has he, his wife, and kids leeched off the American taxpayers in shelter, food, water, electricity, toilet paper, soap, school, healthcare, welfare, food stamps, garbage pickup, clothes, airfare, transportation, and other services?

Deport them all. He can go sell his street food in Venezuela.