October 10, 2023: Long lines outside of the Roosevelt Hotel
December 4, 2023: A ballroom is set up as an overflow room for families waiting to be placed into housing at the Roosevelt Hotel, the main processing center for migrants seeking asylum in New York City.
Mohamad Ziguime arrived from Mali with his wife and two sons, Mohamad and Husseiny.
May 20, 2024: Migrants seeking asylum in the United States at the intake desk of the Arrival Center, which is followed by medical checks, interviews and placement into shelter or reticketing to another destination.
October 10, 2023 - New York, NY: Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather outside of the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, the main processing center for arrivals and a residence for families traveling together.
Brothers Frainyer Uribe, 13, left, and Daibert Calderon, 11 in their room
December 4th, 2023: Migrants seeking asylum in the United States wait for the intake process to begin at the Roosevelt Hotel
December 4th, 2023: Migrants seeking asylum in the United States wait for the intake process to begin at the Roosevelt Hotel
Mohamad Ziguime arrived from Mali with his wife and two sons, Mohamad and Husseiny.
December 4th, 2023: Migrants seeking asylum in the United States wait for the intake process to begin at the Roosevelt Hotel
July 16, 2024: A migrant mother and child inside the main hall of the Roosevelt Hotel
Erneidys González of Venezuela feeds Eidrem, 2, in their bed. She and her husband and two kids were able to find housing in Flatbush, Brooklyn, after leaving the Roosevelt Hotel.
December 4th, 2023: Migrants seeking asylum in the United States wait for the intake process to begin at the Roosevelt Hotel
July 16, 2024: Sergio Lozano, from Peru, arrived with his wife and daughter and son, who has a brain tumor
Inside the room belonging to Soumailia Ziguime, who arrived from Mali with his wife and two sons
Medical checks are performed for migrants during the intake process
May 20, 2024: A young girl plays with an inflated latex glove as she waits for a medical checkup as part of the intake process.
A ballroom is set up as a temporary overflow shelter for families waiting to be placed into hotels
Mohamad Ziguime arrived from Mali with his wife and two sons, Mohamad and Husseiny.
Abeena Morris, who is herself an immigrant from Ghana, works at the Roosevelt Hotel as a housekeeper and has befriended many of the migrant families.
NYC Health and Hospitals staff, who run the Arrival Center, work late at night
Elsa Lozano, 15, of Peru, speaks about leaving her friends behind after fleeing gang violence in her home country.
Members of the US National Guard watch over part of the Roosevelt Hotel
The Lozanos are placed into a room at the Roosevelt Hotel
Migrants pass through the intake center
Elsa Lozano and her father Sergio after being placed into their room at the Roosevelt Hotel
NYC Health and Hospitals staff, who run the Arrival Center, have a meeting
Suramy, 37, who from Cuba arrived with her 3 kids, waits to be placed into a hotel
A mother feeds her child as they await intake
The Lozano family are placed in a room at the Roosevelt
December 4, 2023: Migrant families seeking asylum in the United States gather outside of the Roosevelt Hotel
Abeena Morris, who is herself an immigrant from Ghana, works at the Roosevelt Hotel as a housekeeper and has befriended many of the migrant families.
The Lozano family are placed in a room at the Roosevelt
A photograph of Theodore Roosevelt hangs in the halls
Migrants gather outside of the hotel where a small informal marketplace has formed
A mother holds a child outside the hotel
Migrants wait to be transferred to a shelter
NYC Health and Hospitals staff in a makeshift office in the lobby
Migrants are moved from one section of the hotel to another
July 15, 2024 - Migrants seeking asylum in the United States sit on a curb outside of the Roosevelt Hotel
A mother and child wait to be transferred to a shelter
Abeena Morris, who is herself an immigrant from Ghana, works at the Roosevelt Hotel as a housekeeper
Jairo Garcia, of Honduras, packs some of his belongings. Garcia, who is in dire need of heart and kidney operations, is one of the last remaining residents of the Roosevelt.
Jairo Garcia, of Honduras, packs some of his belongings. Garcia, who is in dire need of heart and kidney operations, is one of the last remaining residents of the Roosevelt.
A worker breaks down part of the medical exam area on the last day of the Arrival Center
A worker packs up ID bracelets used to identify migrants’ arrival date
One of the last arrivals, a family from Ecuador ask for assistance to return to their home country.
The intake desk in the last days of the Arrival Center
One of the last arrivals, a family from Ecuador ask for assistance to return to their home country.
Workers help breakdown part of the medical exam area on the last day of the Arrival Center
One of the last arrivals, a family from Ecuador who came to ask for assistance to return to their home country, plan to leave the US
May 20, 2024: A migrant seeking asylum in the United States arrives at the Roosevelt Hotel