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Local officials say NYC schools already 'overflowing' as migrant children are set to enroll: 'Unsustainable'

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Local New York City officials said Tuesday on "Fox & Friends First" they're concerned about Staten Island schools seeing an "unsustainable" influx of migrant children by next week.

Travis Civic Association President Gene Guerra said the school in his neighborhood is already "overflowing" and he's unsure if the principal would be able to accept more students. "There's really no place to put these children," said Guerra, telling host Carley Shimkus one school is already using a cafeteria as a classroom.

The move comes as Texas continues to send migrants from the southern border to sanctuary cities such as New York City. Migrants leave for a shelter from the Port Authority bus terminal in New York, the United States, on Sept.

27, 2022. New York City will set up and open transitory humanitarian emergency response and relief centers in the coming weeks to handle the influx of migrants transported from Texas and other border states, announced New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently.  ((Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images)) Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella said Staten Island is a "very generous community," but he explained why bringing these children into the schools would be "unsustainable." "If all these children are going to school, that's $200 million a year.

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