(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The “rules for thee but not for me” principle perfectly applies to those who don’t follow the rules, with the children of illegal immigrants being able to go to school in New York City without providing proof of various childhood vaccinations that are mandatory for other — legal — children to attend the school.
This revelation also shows one of the many issues that New Yorkers need to deal with as city officials struggle to accommodate illegal immigrants that have arrived in recent months, according to the Post Millennial.
Since the summer of 2022, an estimated 11,000 children of illegal immigrants have been enrolled in schools operated by the city’s Department of Education, the New York Post reported.
In New York City, students in K through 5 are required to be vaccinated against various diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, Hepatitis B, and chicken pox.
As previously reported by the New York Post, many parents are concerned that illegal immigrants not being required to vaccinate their children before them entering schools could lead to outbreaks of entirely preventable diseases. One such example happened at Simon Baruch Middle School in Manhattan which recently reported a case of chickenpox.
“When you are talking now about hundreds of children entering a school and coming from countries where we know the same childhood vaccinations are not available, it’s hard to not see where vulnerable families could be put at risk,” the parent warned.
As of Sept. 2022, DOE policy states that asylum-seeking children — who came into the country illegally — cannot be denied entry into city schools even if their parents can’t provide evidence of them being vaccinated. According to the policy, the immigrants are given thirty days from the enrollment “to provide evidence of vaccinations or be in the process of acquiring vaccinations.”
