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NYC Residents Erupt Over Plans to Put a Migrant Shelter Near Schools
Townhall ^ | 8/25/2023 | Sarah Arnold

Posted on 08/25/2023 3:23:51 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

Hundreds of parents protested plans to open a shelter for illegal immigrants near a school as the Democrat-run sanctuary city grapples with President Joe Biden's open border policies.

Nearly 1,000 New Yorkers turned out to demand city officials halt their proposal that would open a free shelter for illegal aliens to take advantage of at the former St. John Villa Academy on Staten Island.

On Wednesday night, protestors held signs that read, "Send them back" and "Close our border," citing public safety concerns in the family-friendly area.

A large banner over the protest site read "NO F---ING WAY!"

New York City already has 206 shelters; however, that has proven to be inadequate to house the tens of thousands of migrants who illegally crossed the border and made their way to the Big Apple. Biden's damaging border policies have allowed illegal aliens to enter the U.S. consequence-free and reap many of the same benefits as legal citizens.

"Fifty (expletive) feet away is a school from Pre-K to 12 years old. Right here! That's (expletive), and that's not happening here," a protestor told PIX 11 News.

The city purchased the school in 2018 and, despite promising it had plans to re-open it as a school again, over 300 illegal immigrants are expected to move into the building within the next couple of days.

In response to the protests, Democratic Mayor Eric Adam's office released a statement, saying that despite the concerns, the site will still be used as a shelter for illegals.

"As we have emphasized repeatedly, with more than 100,000 asylum seekers that have come through our intake system since spring 2022 and hundreds more continuing to arrive in our city asking for shelter daily, New York City has been left largely alone to deal with a national crisis that demands difficult and swift decision-making. We have opened 206 sites, including 15 large-scale humanitarian relief centers, and are constantly searching for new places to give asylum seekers a place to rest their heads. Most recently, we located the vacant St. John Villa Academy as one of our respite sites for single women and adult families. We understand community concerns and want to assure them that we are working to ensure the site is well-managed. While New York City is leading the nation in welcoming asylum seekers, make no mistake, we cannot continue to do this alone. This crisis demands a broader national solution."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: illegalimmigration; immigration; mexicofunhouse; newyork; nyc; swarmers
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1 posted on 08/25/2023 3:23:51 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

You get the government that you voted for.


2 posted on 08/25/2023 3:25:50 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

What’s the problem aren’t they sanctuary schools?!

Bahahahahaha

Stupid libtards


3 posted on 08/25/2023 3:29:01 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

What a bunch of RACISTS, Adams should call them out and start demanding they all take 3 into their home to care for and feed


4 posted on 08/25/2023 3:32:26 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: drSteve78
You get the government that you voted for.

Closing down jails and prisons because they can't afford them. But spending hundreds of millions building shelters for illegal aliens.

Neglecting repair of infrastructure and parks because they can't afford it. But providing free goods and shelter to illegal aliens in our best areas.

Defunding police departments because they can't afford them. But providing free legal help to illegal criminal aliens and giving them shelter.

Etc.

5 posted on 08/25/2023 3:33:58 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: drSteve78

“ You get the government that you voted for.”

Good and hard!


6 posted on 08/25/2023 3:35:25 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The Democrat Party - Dumbing Down America Since 1965.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

You voted for it, New Yorkers.


7 posted on 08/25/2023 3:38:16 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: roadcat

Ironic, isn’t it?


8 posted on 08/25/2023 3:38:51 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Right Wing Vegan
No problem. We'll put the shelters IN the schools. Happy now?

*spit* uppity peasants...

9 posted on 08/25/2023 3:39:26 PM PDT by null and void (It's 10 o'clock, does the president know where he is?)
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To: drSteve78
#2: "You get the government that you voted for."

Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.

The young students are the innocent victims of their parents' voting record.

10 posted on 08/25/2023 3:42:36 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Is Staten Island part of the City of New York?


11 posted on 08/25/2023 3:47:19 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

You people in NYC voted for these clowns. Embrace the suck.


12 posted on 08/25/2023 3:49:09 PM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: drSteve78
You get the government that you voted for.

Staten Island didn't vote for it. They are the most conservative of the 5 boroughs of NYC. Went for Trump last two elections

13 posted on 08/25/2023 3:51:02 PM PDT by PGR88
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That’s Staten Island. They did not vote for this crap. The last outpost of the five boroughs.


14 posted on 08/25/2023 3:57:29 PM PDT by freefdny
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To: drSteve78

Staten Island is very Conservative. 10 to 1 they went Trump over Biden. They did not vote for Hochul


15 posted on 08/25/2023 3:58:41 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: PGR88

Exactly- Staten Island also voted for Zeldin over Hochul by a 2 to 1 margin.

They were notorious for standing up against Cuomo’s lockdown


16 posted on 08/25/2023 4:01:12 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Well, just imagine that..

Border states have 100s of thousands coming through each and every town and city, but have to ‘tolerate’ and welcome the illegal aliens.

NYC has to put up with a few hundred and can’t handle it, although they are the ones that support illegals.


18 posted on 08/25/2023 4:03:25 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

So the libtards running NYC can now add murder as well as COVID to the list of hazards NYC schoolkids have to face, huh? You can’t fix stupid, and NYC is led by some of the most stupid.


19 posted on 08/25/2023 4:06:41 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: PGR88

Speaking of Staten Island, anyone seen that dp(some number) FReeper lately? Haven’t seen him for a long while...


20 posted on 08/25/2023 4:07:17 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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