City Moves to Close Area in Port Authority Where Volunteers Help Migrants
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Man hands money to migrants as they arrive in NYC on buses from Texas
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Not Welcome at the Welcome Center: City Moves to Close Area in Port Authority Where Volunteers Help Migrants — Roosevelt Island, New York, Daily News
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City Moves to Close Area in Port Authority Where Volunteers Help
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Record number of buses with migrants roll into NYC's Port Authority
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