The New York City mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs has announced a new multimillion-dollar package to be spent as aid for asylum-seekers.
In total, the office will grant $6.75 million worth of contracts to nonprofit organizations for “case management and other critical services” in support of asylum-seekers, the office said on Aug. 14 on Twitter. The grant doesn’t mention a need to differentiate legitimate asylum-seekers from illegal immigrants.
The office intends to grant the contract to one not-for-profit entity that offers the “most advantageous offer” to the city.
Organizations will be judged on three criteria—experience, proposed approach, and organizational capability/ability to mobilize immediately….