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Asylum Seekers, Migrants Headed For Another Hotel In Region Asylum Seekers, Migrants Headed For Another Hotel In Region
Asylum Seekers, Migrants Headed For Another Hotel In Region With less than 24 hours notice, a county in the region was notified that 80 migrants and asylum seekers would be dropped off at an area hotel.  The drop-off will take place in Sullivan County at the Knights Inn in Liberty on Thursday, May 18. Sullivan County Legislative Chairman Robert A. Doherty said the county was notified of the transfer of migrants from New York City to Liberty. "The way the City, New York state, and the federal government are approaching this issue is reckless and unsustainable, as many county leaders have said across the state," said Doherty. "In Sullivan’s case…