The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday opened an investigation into the operation of New York City hotels as migrant shelters, according to media reports. The Guardian newspaper and the New York Times,

Prosecutors asked for a list of names of “aliens” living at a Manhattan hotel. The city houses about 43,000 migrants in shelters, including dozens of converted hotels.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have reportedly issued a criminal subpoena to a hotel in Manhattan seeking a full list of names of migrants residing at it and potentially New York government