Wednesday 7 September 2022 07:08 PM NY's 'mini Ellis Island': Volunteers give shoes to migrants under a Statue of ... trends now
Volunteers are now calling an area within Port Authority where migrants are dropped off after arriving from Texas by the bus loads the 'Mini Pop-Up Ellis Island.'
Arriving to a miniature Statue of Liberty model, migrants completing their journey from the southern border after illegally crossing from Mexico arrive to a warm welcome in New York City.
Volunteer groups, including Kosher soup kitchen Masbia, provide them with assistance, including clothing items.
More than 2,100 migrants have departed Texas for the Big Apple in 40 busloads since early August, Governor Greg Abbott's office told DailyMail.com.
Video from Port Authority Bus Terminal on Wednesday shows migrants, many arriving with young children, accepting free shoes and socks.
The Masbia Relief Team has posted up in PABT for several weeks when news comes of more buses arriving with migrants.
'We have staff there arriving in the wee hours of the morning with hundreds of pairs of shoes and socks in many sizes for men, women and children,' CEO and Executive Director of Masbia Alexander Rapaport told DailyMail.com
'We have staff and volunteers, many of whom speak Spanish, fit the arriving asylum seekers with the right pair,' he added. 'Some arrive barefoot or with flimsy flip-flops. All we try to do is give them their humanity back.'
Volunteer groups are referring to an area within New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal as the 'Mini Pop-Up Ellis Island'
Migrants arriving from Texas by the busloads are given a warn welcome in the Big Apple, being handed free socks and shoes by Masbia Relief Team, a Kosher soup kitchen and charity
CEO and Executive Director of Masbia Alexander Rapaport told DailyMail.com: 'We have staff and volunteers, many of whom speak Spanish, fit the arriving asylum seekers with the right pair. Some arrive barefoot or with flimsy flip-flops. All we
