The Chicago, Illinois, public school system has enrolled an estimated 2,000 migrant children for the school year which started August 21.
When some migrant children sought to go to school on the first day, their parents said they were turned away because “they didn’t have people who spoke Spanish.” One volunteer said migrant children at Chicago schools will likely “be on their own, using Google Translate.”
“Kids are showing up with rotting teeth and active fevers and malnutrition and they’re not receiving care here. And then on top of that, we’re now refusing them education and all of the things that come with that,” another volunteer told theMeanwhile, local taxpayers are spending an additional $15 million in the school system’s annual budget to provide more bilingual instruction programs for migrant children.
The thousands of additional migrant children in Chicago public schools come as more than 13,000 border crossers and illegal aliens have arrived in the sanctuary city since the summer of last year.this week that some migrants had to be taken to nearby hospitals after developing flu-like symptoms. More than 1,000 border crossers and illegal aliens continue living in the police stations, including children.
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