Officials have offered psychological help to her family and other immigrants since they arrived in New York, but “we’re still waiting for that.”
A Venezuelan died in an overcrowded shelter in New York City, which has received thousands of migrants since last summer, the news came amid an urgent call from the city to state and federal officials to meet their needs.
The migrant, identified to the media as John Ortega, committed suicide last week in the bathroom of the room where he lived with his wife and 3-year-old daughter, in one of the city’s hotels. Rented out to settlers.
Ortega, 26, a father of three — arrived in New York with his wife at the end of August, though he was traveling with only one, according to Venezuelan activist Jesus Aguas.
Last September, a Venezuelan mother who had arrived in the city with her two children also took her own life at a public shelter where thousands of migrants bussed in from Texas and those who arrived on their own are staying. Personal journeys.
“It was a very big shock for her (John Ortega’s wife),” Aguas said, adding that his Aid for Life Foundation was able to get a Venezuelan therapist to provide psychological help to the wife and daughter.
In an interview with the NBC network’s Channel 4, Martinez noted that after the shock of finding her husband dead, she and her daughter were scared and slept with another family in another room, but shelter staff warned her they would be evicted if they did. She did not return to sleep in her assigned room.
He also pointed out that authorities have offered psychological help to his family and other immigrants since they arrived in New York, but “we’re still waiting for that.”
Last Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams reiterated his call for “urgent assistance” from state and federal officials, saying 31,000 migrants had arrived in the city, about 20,000 of them in public shelters.
Meanwhile, the city is preparing to receive a new wave once the future of the Title 42 program that allowed express deportation is decided. In fact, the City Council held two days of public hearings this week on the immigration issue.
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