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Youth Shelter System Locks Out Hundreds as Migrants Seek Entry

The Streetwork Project youth drop-in shelter in Harlem provides legal services for dozens of migrants.

In the depths of January, without a coat on his back, an 18-year-old orphan from Guinea named Mamdou spent a week riding the subways, before a stranger handed him a $20 bill and led him to the Roosevelt Hotel, the city’s main intake for newly arriving migrants. He got a 30-day shelter stint in a […]

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