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For some people who enter the United States irregularly, the “American dream” lies even further north: in Canada.
This is the case of many Latin American migrants who arrived in New York as the city is plunged into an “unprecedented humanitarian crisis”, as the town hall described it late last year.
New York Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency when the shelters began to be crowded due to the large number of asylum seekers arriving by bus in the metropolis, most after crossing the border from Texas or Arizona.
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Many migrants, like this Venezuelan, are left behind when they arrive in New York.
Some of the thousands of migrants who arrive each month in New York in search of a better future are despairing of the difficulties in finding housing, legalizing their papers or working, and decide to try their luck in Canada.
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