{"id":2004619,"date":"2023-08-18T08:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T12:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-new-yorkers-protest-tent-city-for-1000-illegal-immigrant-men-opening-near-elementary-school\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T08:22:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T12:22:05","slug":"hundreds-of-new-yorkers-protest-tent-city-for-1000-illegal-immigrant-men-opening-near-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-new-yorkers-protest-tent-city-for-1000-illegal-immigrant-men-opening-near-elementary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of New Yorkers rally against &#8216;Tent City&#8217; for 1,000 illegal immigrant men near elementary school."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhundreds-of-new-yorkers-protest-tent-city-for-1000-illegal-immigrant-men-opening-near-elementary-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2004619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Hundreds\u2062 Protest \u2063Opening of\u2062 Shelter for Illegal\u2063 Immigrants in Queens<\/h2>\n<p>Hundreds of New York \u200cCity\u2064 residents gathered in\u2062 Queens on Wednesday to protest the opening of\u200c a shelter that is\u200d expected to house around\u200d 1,000 illegal immigrant men\u2063 near an elementary school and senior center.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters held \u2064up signs and chanted \u201cno tent \u2063city,\u201d opposing the move\u200c by state officials to \u2063house\u200d illegal immigrants in the new\u2062 shelter \u2063as hotels and homeless shelters \u2062in \u2064the Big Apple\u2063 are overrun with thousands \u2062of people who illegally\u2062 entered the country and were bused to \u200bNew York. The tent city, approved by state leaders, opened\u2064 Tuesday\u2063 after \u2062being set up in 10 days in the\u2063 parking lot of \u2062a psychiatric facility in Queens, Fox 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/nyc-migrant-crisis-protest-shelter-creedmoor-psychiatric-center-queens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple\u2064 people\u2063 were\u2064 arrested during the protest, including former\u200d GOP\u2062 mayoral candidate\u200b Curtis Sliwa, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-new-yorkers-protest-tent-city-for-1000-illegal-immigrant-men-opening-near-elementary-school\/\" title=\"Hundreds of New Yorkers rally against 'Tent City' for 1,000 illegal immigrant men near elementary school.\">allegedly refused police orders<\/a> to \u2063get \u2062out of \u200cthe street where he and others\u200d were blocking traffic, according\u2063 to\u200d The New York Post. Protesters displayed signs that read, \u201cThis is a national emergency! Close the border!;\u201d\u2064 \u201cMy tax $$$ being used to destroy my \u2063neighborhood;\u201d and \u201cOur children deserve a safe \u2062school.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/happeningnow?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#happeningnow<\/a> across the \u200bstreet \u2063from the Creedmoor Center in Queens, \u2064NY, where 1000 male migrants\u2064 will \u2064be housed. <br \/>Outraged Residents gather to show\u2064 their frustration. They chant &#8221; NO TENT CITY &#8221; <br \/>\ud83c\udfa5 by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeeroyPress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeeroyPress<\/a> <br \/>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-protester-attacked-at-rally-for-ny-gov-hochul\/\" title=\"Female Protester Attacked at Rally for NY Gov. Hochul\">licensing email viralnewsnyc@gmail<\/a>.com <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3PHmGE75eE\">pic.twitter.com\/3PHmGE75eE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Viral News NYC\u2064 (@ViralNewsNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ViralNewsNYC\/status\/1691946693569200442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, where the shelter was set up, is within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/creedmoor+psychiatric+center\/@40.7434958,-73.7305658,17z?entry=ttu\">walking distance<\/a> from several schools, including elementary and \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washingtons-special-ed-schools-rife-with-abuse-complaints-poor-academics-report\/\" title=\"Washington\u2019s Special Ed Schools Rife With Abuse Complaints, Poor Academics: Report\">special education schools<\/a>. At one moment during the gathering, protesters chanted \u201cClose the border!\u201d with \u2062many\u2064 of them waving\u200d American flags. \u2062Some \u2063of the protesters expressed sympathy for the illegal immigrants but said they were more \u2062concerned with the \u200dlocation\u2063 of the shelter, according to Fox\u200c 5.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Creedmoor Center in Queens, NY <br \/>Outraged residents gathered after the city \u200bwill house 1000 male migrants.\u2064 <br \/>Protesters chant &#8221; CLOSE THE BOARDER &#8221; <br \/>\ud83c\udfa5 by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeeroyPress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeeroyPress<\/a> <br \/>For licensing email viralnewsnyc@gmail.com <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TPfZCYRud7\">pic.twitter.com\/TPfZCYRud7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ViralNewsNYC\/status\/1691960767770214751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As New York \u200bCity struggles to house more than\u200c 50,000 illegal \u200bimmigrants who have flooded the \u2064city, officials earlier\u200c this month\u2064 were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nyc-considers-erecting-a-tent-city-in-central-park-to-house-illegal-immigrants-report\">weighing<\/a> the \u2063option\u2064 to place many\u2064 of them in tents in Central\u200d Park.<\/p>\n<p>Anne Williams-Isom, NYC\u2019s deputy mayor for Health \u2064and Human Services, said \u201ceverything is\u200d on the table\u201d at a press conference Wednesday when asked about housing illegal\u200c immigrants\u2064 in \u2062city parks as \u2062the city reviews around 3,000 possible \u200blocations to place them, Bloomberg reported. According\u2062 to the Gothamist, \u2063sources familiar with\u200d the city\u2019s\u200c deliberations said one of those locations is Central Park, where an \u2062estimated 42 million tourists visit each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are constantly looking at sites to see\u2062 how we can accommodate people, but \u2062we need support and we think that the system is at a breaking point,\u201d Williams-Isom said.<\/p>\n<p>Since April of last year, more than 90,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in New York City. As of last\u2063 month, about 55,000 were still being housed on the\u2062 city\u2019s dime, causing New York\u2019s homeless\u200d shelters to hit capacity. Combined with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-very-dangerous-for-him-arnold-schwarzenegger-reveals-his-thoughts-on-gavin-newsoms-recall-chances\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s Very Dangerous For Him\u2019: Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals His Thoughts On Gavin Newsom\u2019s Recall Chances\">large homeless population<\/a>,\u200c the city is \u200bnow sheltering a record 105,800 people.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The protest also comes as NYC Mayor Eric Adams\u200b and New\u200d York Governor Kathy \u200bHochul, both \u2064Democrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hochul-adams-administrations-wrestle-over-blame-for-growing-migrant-crisis-in-new-york\">blame<\/a> each other for the\u2062 illegal immigrant \u200dcrisis hammering the city and \u200bthe state. Adams has grown outspoken about the lack\u2062 of\u200b help \u2062he says the city has received to care for tens \u200dof thousands of immigrants, while Hochul\u2019s administration lashed out at \u2064Adams \u200din a letter sent Tuesday, blaming the city for lapses \u200cin working with the state and for failing to follow through on requests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Queens, NYC, a large crowd of residents protested the opening of a shelter expected to house 1,000 illegal immigrant men near a school and senior center. Holding signs and chanting &#8220;no tent city,&#8221; they opposed state officials&#8217; decision to accommodate illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2004620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2004619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}