Number of Asylum Seekers Heading to New York Levels Off

City says migrant arrivals still causing crisis, considers new shelter at JFK airport

Title 42, which allowed U.S. authorities to quickly expel migrants on public health grounds, expired on May 11. WSJ’s Alicia A. Caldwell explains what the policy is, its effect on the border and what comes next. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images

The number of migrants seeking shelter in New York has leveled off after a surge in May, city officials said, as they continued their efforts to shelter thousands of asylum seekers in the city and beyond.

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