Posted on 09/10/2023 1:23:16 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A record number of Russians have fled their homeland and are seeking asylum in New York amid Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine — adding to the Big Apple’s massive migrant crisis, data obtained by the Post shows.
The number of Russians with cases in New York State Immigration Court — which rules on asylum/deportation cases — has skyrocketed 158% over the past year, the data reveals.
There were 3,098 cases involving Russian nationals in New York immigration court for the federal fiscal year covering Oct. 31, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022.
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I had an Uber driver yesterday in this boat. (Except it’s CA, not NY.)
158% compared to what for Ukrainians fleeing the proxy war on Russia? I wouldn’t be surprised if the % was 10X higher. There has been a spate of stories the last few days about Ukraine trying to get emigrants returned against their will (contrary to international agreements barring forcible return of refugees to war zones) to draft more cannon fodder.
If the US is the closest country in which they can claim asylum then they must have come across the Bering Strait.
UH OH... White people are immigrating. That’s a problem......
The Russian mobs were once big in Brooklyn.
Anything the left doesn’t like, it’s either climate change, or Putin.
“ A record number of Russians have fled their homeland and are seeking asylum in New York amid Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine…”
America’s proxy war on Russia. There, fixed it.
Yeah. Can’t have that!
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