Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is taking aim at a move in New York City in which nearly 2,000 immigrants were temporarily moved to a nearby high school due to storms and, as a result, students were forced to perform remote learning, qualifying it as such. a direct result of the sanctuary policies of the “far left.”
Stefanik, who is also chair of the House Republican Conference, was reacting to the movement of 1,900 immigrants from a tented shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said it was for safety reasons due to storms and possible high winds.
Various reports say Adams told reporters in Albany that it was being done out of “an excess of caution.”
NEW YORK CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FORCED INTO DISTANCE LEARNING WHILE 2,000 MIGRANTS SHELTER AT SCHOOL
Nearly 2,000 immigrants were evacuated by school buses from tents at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City on Tuesday ahead of the storm's arrival. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
“We want to make sure people are safe,” he said.
But they were moved to James Madison High School, which confirmed it was being used as a “temporary overnight respite center” and would be closed on Wednesday as a result, forcing students to “move” to remote learning. as a result. The move sparked outrage from politicians and parents, including Stefanik.
“It is outrageous that Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul are displacing New York students to accommodate nearly 2,000 illegal immigrants at a local New York public high school, a direct result of the failed far-left state policies of Joe Biden and the Democrats that are destroying the great state of New York,” Stefanik said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “This madness must end.”
“New Yorkers' tax money is being used to harbor illegal immigrants, punishing and sending home New York students at James Madison High School,” he said. “It is unacceptable that far-left New York Democrats are once again putting the needs of illegal immigrants before those of our children.”
The New York Post reported how the move has angered parents of students at the school, with a woman shouting at the buses as they arrived: “How does it feel to have all the kids kicked out of school tomorrow!”
Adam's office told the Post that the move is a proactive measure to ensure the safety of people living and working at the migrant facility and “will continue until weather conditions that may arise have stabilized and the facility is again ready to live.”
ERIC ADAMS SAYS NEW YORK IS AT 'BREAKING POINT' AS HE WARNS OF ANOTHER WAVE OF MIGRANTS FROM TEXAS
The move drew criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, as well as parents. ((Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images))
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Meanwhile, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a Democrat, said placing immigrants at Camp Floyd Bennett “highlights the mismanagement and waste of money that is pervasive in the City Council's approach to the issue.” accommodation and services for asylum seekers”.
It's the latest impact of the migrant crisis that has overwhelmed the “sanctuary” city, where there have been more than 160,000 migrant arrivals since mid-2022. That's part of a broader crisis that has engulfed the border and seen more than 2.4 million encounters in the fiscal year. 23 and more than 302,000 in December alone.
Adams has blamed both the state of Texas, where Governor Greg Abbott has been busing migrants to “sanctuary” cities since 2022, and the federal government for its alleged inaction.
Adams, along with other Democratic mayors in cities like Chicago and Denver, has also called on the Biden administration to do more by providing more funding, faster processing of work permits and help with resettlement. Meanwhile, her city last year cut budgets for education, policing and other sectors.
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Adams recently filed a lawsuit against Texas bus companies that have been involved in transporting migrants, and has also placed restrictions on where and when buses carrying them can arrive.
