Black migrants turned out in the hundreds on Tuesday across from New York Over 1,500 migrants, mostly from Guinea, assembled in City Hall Park, after it became clear that only around a hundred people would be accommodated inside for the hearing.
Eighteen-year-old A.B., born in the West African country of Guinea, joined more than a thousand other young African migrants in City Hall Park Tuesday. “I was thinking if I came here it would be alright for me.
Two Council committees representing immigration and hospitals held a joint hearing Tuesday that focused on the experiences of newly arrived Black migrants, drawing a crowd of more than a thousand migrants and newcomers outside City Hall.
Speakers at a New York City Council hearing on Tuesday shared their experiences as Black migrants and pushed for city leaders to accommodate speakers of over 500 indigenous languages. The hearing was partly to blame for a crowd of hundreds of migrants who swarmed New York City Hall Tuesday,
Hundreds, if not thousands, of NYC migrants rallied outside of City Hall Tuesday ahead of a City Council oversight hearing focused on the experience of Black migrants.
Only 250 people were allowed inside for the 10 a.m. hearing, while the hundreds of others who flocked downtown were left outside in a park, where footage showed them chanting and cheering.