New York School Pivots to Remote Classes So Illegal Immigrants Can Shelter During Storm

Published on January 10, 2024

The decision to use a New York high school to shelter 1,900 tent-dwelling illegal immigrants has outraged some parents and officials. They criticized the move as “foreseeable” and denounced the displacement of students, who will now “pivot” to remote learning. Due to an incoming storm, Mayor Eric Adams’ office announced that nearly 2,000 “families with children” who shelter at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn will be temporarily relocated to James Madison High School out of an “overabundance of caution,” according to Emergency Management Commissioner Zachary Ichol. “We want to make sure people are safe,” the mayor told reporters, reported New York Daily News....