Brooklyn high school switches to remote learning to make room for 2,000 illegals

Amid the influx of illegals arriving in New York City and the surrounding area, one Brooklyn high school has closed its doors to students and will instead conduct remote classes while more than 2,000 people shelter in its gym.

"I have been informed that due to the incoming storm affecting New York City, around 2,000 migrants from Floyd Bennett field will be transported to James Madison High School this evening and will be occupying its gymnasiums overnight," New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov confirmed in a press release. "As an elected official representing this community, I demand a full stop to using our public schools as a shelter ever again."

New York has maintained a camp for new arrivals at the Floyd Bennett Field amid a broader struggle to find accommodations for them. Video footage showed busloads of people arriving at the school on Tuesday evening.

BREAKING: Buses are now pulling up to @JMHSBklyn and dropping off illegals. School is closed tomorrow because illegals will be sleeping in the school’s gym. This is disgraceful! NYC is prioritizing illegals over Americans. pic.twitter.com/2jmKXfRTHX https://t.co/ViZiWlqTX5

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 9, 2024

The development has attracted considerable criticism, including from X owner Elon Musk, who posted "[t]his is what happens when you run out of hotel rooms. Soon, cities will run out of schools to vacate. Then they will come for your homes."

Many of the illegals arriving in New York have reached the Big Apple by way of a bussing scheme organized by Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, who has sent border crossers to sanctuary cities to highlight the Biden administration's lax border enforcement. New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams has since sued a group of bus companies demanding they compensate the city for the cost of caring for the illegals. Adams placed the figure of illegals who arrived via Abbott's scheme at at least 33,600, though more than 110,000 have arrived in total on the past year.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter.