According to reports, the crisis on the southern border has overwhelmed school systems in several of the country’s major metropolitan areas.
School systems in New York City, Miami-Dade County, Denver and Chicago all have to adapt to the influx of immigrants, reports say. Border Patrol recorded more than 632,000 encounters with immigrant families and unaccompanied children at the southern border in 2022, and more than 365,000 in the first seven months of 2023. according to to federal data. (Related: A dozen GOP states suing Biden administration over recent border policy, claiming it ‘encourages more border crossings’)
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new york
Since the fall, an estimated 16,000 immigrant children have entered New York City public schools. according to to the New York Post.
A school on West 105th Street in New York City, which has 535 students, has exceeded capacity by 100 due to a surge in illegal immigration to the area, according to the Times. As of 2022, the school had 393 students.
As a result of this influx, the school converted music rooms, science labs and television studios into classrooms, depriving students of space for key after-school and daily programs, the newspaper said. Some parents at the school are outraged by the issue.
“This is completely unacceptable,” said Anna Asvorinski, the parent of two children at the school. “These kids deserve better,” she added.
florida
More than 20,000 new immigrant students have enrolled in public schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida, so far this year. according to to NPR.
“Some of these kids didn’t know their ABCs in second grade,” Emelia Bruscantini, a center teacher at Milam Kindergarten through Grade 8, told NPR.
Anna Hernandez, principal of the Milam Kindergarten through Grade 8 Center, told NPR she had never seen such a surge.
“Honestly, sometimes I walk into the lobby and it’s like there’s family all over the place and they’re just waiting,” Hernandez told NPR.
Ron Steiger, CFO of Miami-Dade Public Schools, said the problem is straining the budget. “It certainly puts a strain on our finances,” Steiger told NPR.
Chicago
As the school year ends in Chicago, dozens of immigrant students are enrolling at the last minute in the city’s public schools. according to to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Chicago Public Schools said immigrant children living in the city’s shelters “even if they lack health, immunizations, academic performance, guardianship, proof of residency, and other documents normally required for admission to school.” announced that he could enroll in Sun Times paper.
Denver
Denver-area schools added 1,500 new students to their roster as more immigrant children arrived in the area last year. according to to NPR reporting. The number of multilingual students in Denver’s schools has more than doubled since 2020, he said.
Sally Portillo, Multilingual Family Engagement Manager at Denver Public Schools, told NPR: We met them at the hotel. Therefore, when there was such a large influx of students, he sometimes had to enroll 15-20 students at a time. ”
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