Most asylum-seeking migrants who have been arriving in cities like New York — some of whom the mayor wants to relocate to Long Island and beyond — aren't likely to be allowed to stay legally in the United States, according to recent trends in the federal immigration system. An unknown number will stay anyway, joining an estimated more than 10 million people comprising what the government calls the "unauthorized immigrant population" — barring some radical change in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy.

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