BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The capacity for Jericho Road's Vive Shelter, the largest shelter for asylum seekers in the country, is 120 people.

Jericho Road founder Myron Glick said the organization tries to help everyone who comes to the door.

"Last night we had 150 people in this facility and that's way more than we should have and every day folks are coming in," Glick said.

Overcrowding has long been an issue at the shelter but Vive director Matt Tice said it's gotten even worse since the U.S. and Canada shut down Roxham Road, an unofficial border crossing in New York's North Country.

"Calls and requests for help at Vive have increased by 400 percent," he said. "People are scared."

Canada is the final destination for the vast majority of migrants who come through the shelter. Tice said more than 2,000 passed through on the way  last year.

The new policy though, empowers the countries to send back anybody who crossed the border illegally within 14 days, essentially shutting down the pipeline of people who plan to seek asylum in Canada.

"This is a big impact locally, especially here at our shelter. Families seeking asylum will see barrier after barrier trying to find a place to sleep," he said.

Jericho Road is already raising money to move the shelter to a new location in Buffalo and is asking the community for any help it can give.

"We have a need for more beds, for places to put people because we're full here. We have a need for transportation. We have a need for food," Glick said.

But the organization is also calling on local, state and federal governments to pitch in.

"This is not something that just the non-for-profits or good-hearted people in our community can fix. We need resources. We need our government to be a part of this solution," Glick said.

He said he believes the current state budget negotiations include up to $1 billion to help organizations and localities working with asylum seekers. Local advocates said funding for access to legal representation is also important.