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The amount likely pays a huge role.
Per the article, the US got 30k immigrants from Ukraine since the invasion started.
Per this article from September: 2.7 million in 2022, 2.8 million at that point in 2023.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/30/how-many-migrants-crossed-the-border-2023-mexico-venezuela-2022/70979085007/
Per this article mentions that November had an average daily crossings at 6400, and that it went up considerably in December:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/record-number-migrant-border-crossings-december-2023/
Reality is that the number of migrants crossing the US Mexico border is roughly 200-300x more than the number of Ukrainian immigrants. That's why its hard to accommodate them.
New York got 30k, the US has accepted 271k
Also, comparing accepted asylum applications and border crossings is apples to oranges. Among other things, someone who gets picked up by CBP, gets thrown out, tries again and gets picked up again counts as two border crossings, so the fact that the border is so closed down and we're persecuting these migrants is artificially inflating that number.
So it still goes from 200-300x the number to being 10-15x. Still an order of magnitude larger. Point still stands.
Edit: Also NYC itself was creating illegal immigration to Canada, paying for migrants arriving in NYC to be bussed up to Roxham Road and illegally cross into Canada.
Ftfy