>They are economic migrants not asylum seekers.

Yup.

There is a pretty narrow criteria for what qualifies as legitimate asylum claims.

If you read any of the local reporting on migrant arrivals in NYC, you consistently see countries of origin such as Peru and Ecuador, and migrants themselves saying they are seeking work and a higher standard of living.

If that was a criteria for having a legitimate asylum claim, literally billions of people from around the world would have a right to asylum here.