Upwards of 400 local residents of Staten Island rallied to oppose the arrival of illegals at a school designated a migrant shelter.
The decision was made so quietly that local GOP state Assemblyman Michael Tannousis said that he was never told about the move.
“I found out about this location when it was already out in the newspaper,” he said. Worse, he said he was told that Adams’ office was not going house migrants in his area at all. The rally was just one of several that have sprung up outside the Arrochar school shelter. Last week a rally grew to nearly 1,000 angry residents, the paper reported.
One resident wondered why she has been forced to get a coronavirus vaccination, but the illegals streaming across the border and being dumped in New York City don’t have to get one. “We don’t even know the first thing about them. You’re letting everybody into the country,” she added. “I think they should come the same way my ancestors came through — Ellis Island. Make them come [into the U.S.] the right way,” the woman told the paper.MIGRANTS REMOVED FROM STATEN ISLAND SITE
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