Seeking Asylum and Work, Migrants Bused Out of NYC Find Hostility

NEWBURGH, N.Y. - Before he left Mauritania, the West African nation of his birth, Mohamed thought of New York as a place of 'open arms,' a refuge for immigrants fleeing dire circumstances.

Now that he's here, seeking political asylum from a government he feared would kill him, he doesn't feel welcome. The 19-year-old has become a pawn in an escalating stand-off between New York City and suburban and upstate commu