{"id":273,"date":"2023-11-29T15:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=273"},"modified":"2023-12-23T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T15:44:04","slug":"city-council-examines-how-to-help-migrant-students-in-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/11\/29\/city-council-examines-how-to-help-migrant-students-in-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council examines how to help migrant students in hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

City + State<\/a> – The policy \u2013 which involves the city notifying many migrant families that they have 60 days to leave the shelter system or reapply for a new placement \u2013 has caused concerns about the potential ramifications on an already vulnerable population of students. While New York City Mayor Eric Adams has insisted that no child\u2019s education will be interrupted as no child will be forced to transfer schools, advocates said the new shelter limits will force families to make difficult decisions about whether to keep their child at their current school despite facing what could be a much longer commute from their new shelter placement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe call for a sanctuary city is to make sure that we provide stability. This is the opposite of stability. This is creating more chaos and instability,\u201d New York City Council Immigration Committee Chair Shahana Hanif said. While she\u2019d prefer to see a full reversal of the 60-day rule, she said she hopes city officials will listen to council members and not further expand the rules to migrant families\u00a0staying in shelters overseen by the<\/a>\u00a0Department of Homeless Services [Read More<\/a>].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

City + State<\/a> – The policy \u2013 which involves the city notifying many migrant families that they have 60 days to leave the shelter system or reapply for a new placement \u2013 has caused concerns about the potential ramifications on an already vulnerable population of students. While New York City Mayor Eric Adams has insisted that no child\u2019s education will be interrupted as no child will be forced to transfer schools, advocates said the new shelter limits will force families to make difficult decisions about whether to keep their child at their current school despite facing what could be a much longer commute from their new shelter placement.<\/p>\n

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