DoJ demands New York migrant shelter give up names of people living there

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Source: The Guardian

Wed 12 Mar 2025 16.06 EDT
Last modified on Wed 12 Mar 2025 16.09 EDT


Federal prosecutors have sent a criminal subpoena to a Manhattan hotel housing undocumented migrants through a New York City program providing shelter to asylum seekers, according to a copy of the filing obtained by the Guardian. The subpoena issued on Wednesday asks the hotel to provide “a list of full names of aliens currently residing” at the site as well as “any corresponding identifying information”, including dates of birth, nationality, and identification numbers.

The subpoena also asks the hotel to give evidence about “an alleged violation” of federal immigration law. A source shared the document on the condition that the Guardian not share the name of their employer because the hotel is now part of a federal criminal investigation.

The subpoena marks the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants. New York city is currently seeing a flurry of protests and demonstrations in defense of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, who is being targeted by the administration for deportation over his participation in pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations.

The federal subpoena, sent to the hotel Wednesday by prosecutors for the southern district of New York, also appears to seek information about New York City government officials. It asks the hotel to provide the names of “entities and/or individuals that are responsible for the funding” of the “illegal immigrant/migrant shelter programs”. Adams officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Guardian.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/nyc-migrant-shelter-doj

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Didn't Abbott send busloads of people there and other cities?

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Yes, the OP is correct, they are being housed after Greg Abbot sent them

even provided the transportation so that makes him an accomplice if that's where DOJ is going with "government officials".

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3. He sent a bunch of buses here to Philly too

and many of them had family/friends/sponsors in NYC or other cities, so ended up being further transported to NYC or other locations.

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2. He can f*ck right off.

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4. If abbott did everything that he did legally, they should have all the names.

Am i right?

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5. Exactly

Or so was claimed at the time. Apparently a number of them used the now DEFACED, VANDALIZED, and "repurposed" "CBP ONE" phone app to apply for asylum/advocate assignments/make appointments, etc.