Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday that she is deploying another 150 members of the New York National Guard in an effort to get more migrants out of shelters.

With the new deployment, the number of National Guard members dedicated to migrant services is over 2,000.

"You'll be helping them get a job, helping them support themselves, helping them leave these shelters, because I believe they did not come all these thousands of miles to live in a shelter with hundreds, if not thousands, of others," Hochul said.

The deployment will allow the state to dedicate 250 National Guard members to focus on case work for migrants. It is part of Hochul's strategy to get as many migrants out of shelters as quickly as possible.

Staff Sgt. Jelani Parjohn said he has already worked at four different shelter sites.

"We're having to assess where they're going to be. We have to document their family size, their names and try to get some type of biometrics to make sure that we're having the right individuals in our facilities," Parjohn said.

Hochul says the focus on case work is particularly important now that President Joe Biden is granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country.

"The process is incredibly simple," Hochul said. "To apply for asylum, it is complicated."

There are roughly 60,000 migrants currently in New York's care. It is unclear to officials how many Venezuelans will secure Temporary Protected Status.

"It will be many thousands, but we won't know exactly how many until we get working on it," said Jackie Bray, commissioner of the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.