The state has spent tens of millions to resettle families like K’s through MRAP. Most participants have work permits and a path to permanent legal status through pending asylum cases. They’ve finally found some stability after getting shuffled from city to city, but it has begun to unravel as President Donald Trump’s administration moves to dismantle the asylum system and expel applicants.

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The arrests highlight the vulnerability of many people who arrived during a wave of immigration under the Biden administration. Blue states like New York launched programs that aimed — however imperfectly — to help new arrivals find housing and jobs. Now, they appear powerless to protect the beneficiaries of those programs.

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