Montgomery County - unaccompanied children children headlines

[Anonymous]

From Bethesda Beats today. Shocking figures. Wondering why the comments have been closed?

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/montgomery-county-has-received-more-than-1200-unaccompanied-immigrant-children-this-year/

[Anonymous]

Let me guess. Higher taxes soon because there are no more seats in our schools, amirite?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:Wondering why the comments have been closed?

I assume that you have never read a thread or news comments about immigrants?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess. Higher taxes soon because there are no more seats in our schools, amirite?

MCPS has 162,680 students. 1,200 unaccompanied minors is less than 1%. If there are no more seats it is hardly the fault of these kids.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess. Higher taxes soon because there are no more seats in our schools, amirite?

MCPS has 162,680 students. 1,200 unaccompanied minors is less than 1%. If there are no more seats it is hardly the fault of these kids.

Except thaat's in less than one year with no end in sight.. Multiply the problem by 10 years. Illegal immigration has been going on for decades in MoCo and it is already straining the county's resources. That's 1,200 more seats taxpayers have to pay for to educate foreign nationals from another country. Every dollar spent on another country's child is a dollar not spent on our own children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess. Higher taxes soon because there are no more seats in our schools, amirite?

MCPS has 162,680 students. 1,200 unaccompanied minors is less than 1%. If there are no more seats it is hardly the fault of these kids.

Except thaat's in less than one year with no end in sight.. Multiply the problem by 10 years. Illegal immigration has been going on for decades in MoCo and it is already straining the county's resources. That's 1,200 more seats taxpayers have to pay for to educate foreign nationals from another country. Every dollar spent on another country's child is a dollar not spent on our own children.

Then maybe we should fix the immigration and refugee problem that leads to the children being unaccompanied so that their tax-paying, labor-providing parents come along, too. Seems like a win-win. In addition to not being terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess. Higher taxes soon because there are no more seats in our schools, amirite?

MCPS has 162,680 students. 1,200 unaccompanied minors is less than 1%. If there are no more seats it is hardly the fault of these kids.

Except thaat's in less than one year with no end in sight.. Multiply the problem by 10 years. Illegal immigration has been going on for decades in MoCo and it is already straining the county's resources. That's 1,200 more seats taxpayers have to pay for to educate foreign nationals from another country. Every dollar spent on another country's child is a dollar not spent on our own children.

Then maybe we should fix the immigration and refugee problem that leads to the children being unaccompanied so that their tax-paying, labor-providing parents come along, too. Seems like a win-win. In addition to not being terrible.

Seal the border and enforce the law. Very simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess. Higher taxes soon because there are no more seats in our schools, amirite?

MCPS has 162,680 students. 1,200 unaccompanied minors is less than 1%. If there are no more seats it is hardly the fault of these kids.

Except thaat's in less than one year with no end in sight.. Multiply the problem by 10 years. Illegal immigration has been going on for decades in MoCo and it is already straining the county's resources. That's 1,200 more seats taxpayers have to pay for to educate foreign nationals from another country. Every dollar spent on another country's child is a dollar not spent on our own children.

Then maybe we should fix the immigration and refugee problem that leads to the children being unaccompanied so that their tax-paying, labor-providing parents come along, too. Seems like a win-win. In addition to not being terrible.

Seal the border and enforce the law. Very simple.

Interesting. Doubling down on terrible while adding wildly impractical.

[Anonymous]

Glad we are taking them. Imagine how bad their lives were if their parents were willing to risk everything to send them here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess. Higher taxes soon because there are no more seats in our schools, amirite?

MCPS has 162,680 students. 1,200 unaccompanied minors is less than 1%. If there are no more seats it is hardly the fault of these kids.

Except thaat's in less than one year with no end in sight.. Multiply the problem by 10 years. Illegal immigration has been going on for decades in MoCo and it is already straining the county's resources. That's 1,200 more seats taxpayers have to pay for to educate foreign nationals from another country. Every dollar spent on another country's child is a dollar not spent on our own children.

Then maybe we should fix the immigration and refugee problem that leads to the children being unaccompanied so that their tax-paying, labor-providing parents come along, too. Seems like a win-win. In addition to not being terrible.

Seal the border and enforce the law. Very simple.

Interesting. Doubling down on terrible while adding wildly impractical.

Yes, obeying the law is 'terrible'. Tell everyone in line with UCIS who obeys the rules that we need a complete overhaul because millions illegal immigrants aka line cutters deserve to enter and stay by breaking all of our laws. Try comparing our immigration land citizenship laws to virtually every other industrialized nation on Earth. We are way too lenient and generous. Deport anyone here illegally. It's very simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad we are taking them. Imagine how bad their lives were if their parents were willing to risk everything to send them here.

Meanwhile 0% of American children in Baltimore have no proficiency in basic math, live in squalor, and didn't even have heating in their schools. Yes, I'm oh so glad we continue to take in thkusands and millions of citizens from other countries while our own citizens suffer. Imagine how bad our own child citizens lives are in cities like Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, etc. There are American kids who grow up everyday without running water, food, or stable housing. Sorry for not caring about other countries' citizens at the moment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From Bethesda Beats today. Shocking figures. Wondering why the comments have been closed?

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/montgomery-county-has-received-more-than-1200-unaccompanied-immigrant-children-this-year/

Because the Bethesda Beat reporters have better things to do with their time than monitor and delete horrible comments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Glad we are taking them. Imagine how bad their lives were if their parents were willing to risk everything to send them here.

Meanwhile 0% of American children in Baltimore have no proficiency in basic math, live in squalor, and didn't even have heating in their schools. Yes, I'm oh so glad we continue to take in thkusands and millions of citizens from other countries while our own citizens suffer. Imagine how bad our own child citizens lives are in cities like Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, etc. There are American kids who grow up everyday without running water, food, or stable housing. Sorry for not caring about other countries' citizens at the moment.

+1

I do have sympathy for these unaccompanied minors but we as a country can’t just keep giving and spending money on immigrants that don’t pay into the tax system. There are kids in terrible situations. We need money to provide more mental health services, supports, remediation in school, free vocational training, free community college, etc. to try to help our own citizens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess. Higher taxes soon because there are no more seats in our schools, amirite?

MCPS has 162,680 students. 1,200 unaccompanied minors is less than 1%. If there are no more seats it is hardly the fault of these kids.

Except thaat's in less than one year with no end in sight.. Multiply the problem by 10 years. Illegal immigration has been going on for decades in MoCo and it is already straining the county's resources. That's 1,200 more seats taxpayers have to pay for to educate foreign nationals from another country. Every dollar spent on another country's child is a dollar not spent on our own children.

"Their" children, "our" children, they're all just children!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess. Higher taxes soon because there are no more seats in our schools, amirite?

MCPS has 162,680 students. 1,200 unaccompanied minors is less than 1%. If there are no more seats it is hardly the fault of these kids.

Except thaat's in less than one year with no end in sight.. Multiply the problem by 10 years. Illegal immigration has been going on for decades in MoCo and it is already straining the county's resources. That's 1,200 more seats taxpayers have to pay for to educate foreign nationals from another country. Every dollar spent on another country's child is a dollar not spent on our own children.

+1 million

I have lived in MoCo for 20 years and the past decade has brought an influx. We are at a lower-income school with a high ESOL and a high FARMS rate and there is no denying the changes it has brought to our school system (in parts of the county that are not Potomac).

Our schools are overcrowded and understaffed. That was made even more clear during the pandemic.

It makes sense to acknowledge the challenges the school system is facing due to the surge of undocumented immigrants to the county. Ignoring the issue doesn’t make it go away.