The immigration crisis is spreading to New York schools and became evident Thursday when some schools were forced to turn away children on the first day of school because classrooms were already overcrowded.
About 21,000 asylum-seeking children have enrolled in schools in the Big Apple. This high volume of students caused long lines at schools and frustration among teachers.
According to a New York Post report, Newcomers High School, which is located in Long Island City, had a line that wrapped around an entire block.
Teachers at the school expressed concern that the building had already reached capacity, forcing the school to turn away many of the students and proposed that they move to a different school.
"It’s a capacity issue. They should have worked this out two days ago!" a teacher told the New York Post.
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The migration crisis will "destroy the city"
New York's Democratic mayor, Eric Adams, once again insisted that the city cannot cope with the number of migrants who are arriving in the city.
Adams explained that 10,000 immigrants are arriving monthly and stressed that the city is not receiving the necessary support from the federal government.
"Let me tell you something New Yorkers, never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see an ending to — I don’t see an ending to this. This issue will destroy New York City. We’re getting 10,000 migrants a month. Now again, people from all over the globe have made their minds up that they’re going to come through the southern part of the border and come into New York City," the mayor expressed.
