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Newly arrived migrants encounter hazards of food delivery on the streets of NYC: robbers
The Associated Press ^ | July 18, 2024 | BY ROMMEL H OJEDA, AMBAR CASTILLO, APRIL XU AND CEDAR ATTANASIO

Posted on 07/18/2024 5:53:46 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

NEW YORK CITY (AP) — Brad Song thought he was about to get his e-bike stolen a second time in a less than a month after delivering an order for Chinese food app Fantuan Delivery.

Asylum-seekers have gravitated to working food delivery in New York and other major cities, drawn by an abundance of customers and ease of getting started. But the job carries hazards, particularly thieves who target food delivery bikes. Newly arrived asylum-seekers have been easy targets. Some work without legal permission, which can make them fearful of seeking help in an emergency.

New York migrant shelters have dozens, even hundreds, of scooters parked outside. The city estimates there are 65,000 food delivery workers — almost certainly an undercount — an unknown percentage of them newly-arrived asylum-seekers. A $1,000 investment for a bike is the main requirement.

Asylum-seekers must apply for a work permit, prompting many to work under the names of people who can legally work. Heisen Mao, a delivery worker and labor organizer, says drivers without work authorization typically pay an account owner between $400 and $500 a month, or about 20% of their revenue.

New York began seeing a large increase in the spring of 2022, fueled partly by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sending busloads of people at his state’s expense. The city currently estimates it is currently home to about 195,000 newly arrived migrants.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; crime; illegalaliens; newyork
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1 posted on 07/18/2024 5:53:46 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They’ve gone to the sympathy well one too many times.


2 posted on 07/18/2024 5:55:59 AM PDT by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Newly arrived migrants? Ya mean ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, NYT journalist silly people? We don’t give a shi...er...Obama.


3 posted on 07/18/2024 5:56:34 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Asylum-seekers”

PERFECT EXAMPLE of Gaslighting - they are MIGRANTS, as its been shown, over and over, that they are welcome to return home any time they please, and at least in Europe, they fly home both during Summer Break and Christmas, to visit family.


4 posted on 07/18/2024 5:57:52 AM PDT by BobL
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who orders food knowing an illegal will be delivering it?


5 posted on 07/18/2024 5:58:27 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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To: Da Coyote

How many of the illegal aliens are being robbed by their fellow illegal aliens?


6 posted on 07/18/2024 5:59:30 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They steal from us. They steal from them.


7 posted on 07/18/2024 6:00:55 AM PDT by roving (Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t understand the food delivery phenomena. I always pick up my own orders.


8 posted on 07/18/2024 6:01:46 AM PDT by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” -)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The New Economy.


9 posted on 07/18/2024 6:02:27 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Newly arrived migrants Invaders

There fixed that lying AP headline.

10 posted on 07/18/2024 6:03:06 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (uiring)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Where did he steal it from ?


11 posted on 07/18/2024 6:07:49 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

According to the AP, it’s Greg Abbott’s fault.


12 posted on 07/18/2024 6:21:43 AM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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To: Da Coyote

Illegal ALIENS/INVADERS


13 posted on 07/18/2024 6:23:59 AM PDT by albie
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well tough merde. If they don’t like it they can get their thieving law breaking parasitic asses back to the third world sh!t hole the NGOs brought them from.


14 posted on 07/18/2024 6:25:59 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: BobL

ILLEGAL ALIENS. By definition criminals. The only asylum they’re seeking is asylum from lack of welfare in whatever craphole tyranny they voted themselves into. Venezuela anyone?


15 posted on 07/18/2024 6:29:20 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Newly arrived migrants encounter hazards of food delivery on the streets of NYC: Newly arrived migrants"


16 posted on 07/18/2024 6:32:32 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
New York began seeing a large increase in the spring of 2022, fueled partly by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sending busloads of people at his state’s expense.

How's that sanctuary city stance working out for ya?

17 posted on 07/18/2024 7:05:00 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: BobL

They are illegal alien invader criminals. There...accuracy.


18 posted on 07/18/2024 7:15:15 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: dljordan

Yeah, that’s so very, very sad. The only solution would be to go back from where they came.


19 posted on 07/18/2024 7:27:01 AM PDT by bgill
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To: dljordan

Welcome to the war zone illegals!


20 posted on 07/18/2024 7:37:50 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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