Erin Schniederjan
Rural American communities are being overwhelmed by the Biden-Harris administration’s illegal immigration crisis. Springfield, Ohio; Charleroi, Pennsylvania; and small towns in western Wisconsin are among the many reeling from this unprecedented wave.
We can add Logansport, Indiana, to the list.
In a recent report from the Indianapolis TV station Fox 59, the city of 18,000 people is dealing with an influx of some 5,000 aliens, a 28% population increase. Mayor Chris Martin said that some public sectors, particularly schools, are seeing 20% and 30% increases in population.
Unaccompanied alien children, known as UACs, make up a significant portion of the new arrivals in Logansport, straining the city’s schools. Some haven’t seen their parents in years, according to Cass County Health Administrator Serenity Alter.
There were 14 Haitian students in Logansport in 2021. Now there are 207, though not all the new students are UACs. This increase of nearly 1,400% in three years also doesn’t count the students from 11 other countries who are new this year.
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Under the Biden administration, an average of 1,776 UACs have been released into Indiana each fiscal year from fiscal 2021 to this past August. Under the Trump administration, an average of 441 UACs were released into Indiana each fiscal year.
Teachers and American children are suffering from the consequences of President Biden’s open-border policy. Most migrant children lack English proficiency, forcing teachers to accommodate them and making it tougher to manage a classroom and instruct other students.
Nancy Baker, mother of a 16-year-old former Logansport High School student, said students began to fall behind as more attention was given to the new, foreign students. Her daughter left the school because she wasn’t receiving adequate instruction due to the influx of students who don’t speak English.
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https://www.heritage.org/border-security/commentary/rural-american-towns-logansport-indiana-struggle-due-influx-aliens