Residents of a small Indiana town complain that their children are “falling behind” in schools due to an influx of migrants.

An influx of migrants from Haiti has reportedly overwhelmed local schools in Lotransport, Indiana, so much so that residents are choosing to homeschool their children instead.

“Thousands of migrants from Haiti and dozens of other countries have arrived in this isolated Indiana town of 18,000 in just a few years,” the New York Post reported. “The number of Haitian immigrant students in Logansport schools has increased 15-fold, from 14 in 2021 to 207 this year.”

The post emphasized that residents were “angry” because they felt their children were being displaced by migrant children and that they placed the majority of the blame on President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Nancy Baker, a 44-year-old local mother of two, said if she were to speak to Vice President Kamala Harris, her message to her would be, “Get off my property.” “She doesn't see how she's behind Biden all the time can stand, and she avoids every time someone asks questions.”

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Baker said her 16-year-old daughter Cheyenne, an honor student, dropped out of the local high school because overwhelmed teachers had less time and attention to care for her English-speaking students.

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“There were way too many children there, and it felt like they were getting more attention because they didn't speak the language or didn't understand what was going on,” the mother told the Post. “You can’t focus all your resources on one group of kids and everyone else falls behind.”

Cheyenne had given up on Logansport High School and instead enrolled in online home school.

The young student also spoke to The Post about how the migrant crisis has affected classrooms, to the point where he said, “It's like the teacher is so busy with them that no one else is learning anything.” can.”

Logansport High School did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

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Baker said migrants are a problem for the entire community. She claims her daughter was approached on the way to a cafe by migrants who “chased her” and are now “afraid to go outside”.

Baker, who said she doesn't feel safe in the city, said the refugee crisis has clearly crossed a line.

“We can help people, that’s fine. But not at the expense of our children,” she said.

Another mother of two, Candice Espinoza, shared her own disturbing encounter with migrants.

“It's not safe. They just stare at you and don’t talk to you,” she told the Post. “They stand there staring at my house with cameras on their phones. I don’t know if they’re recording what they’re doing.”

“You don’t feel comfortable when someone is constantly watching you,” the 32-year-old photographer added. “They were there at night and I’m not going to lie, it scared the crap out of me. Three guys just standing in the dark and staring around the neighborhood, that's scary. I don't care what skin color you are. This isn't something I want to do.”

She said the migrants standing outside were affecting her business because customers were too “scared” to get out of their vehicles.

Espinoza said her message to Harris was: “Do something. Our community can’t stand having so many people here.”

The solution, according to Espinoza, is to vote for former President Trump in the upcoming election.

“I know our state will be better if he becomes president,” she said. “Then our country will be better. He stands for the people. What is Harris doing?”

Logansport Mayor Chris Martin, who estimated the number of new Haitian migrants in the last four years at 2,000 to 3,000, acknowledged that the city has “some assimilation issues” with the migrants but attributed them to “different cultural beliefs.” back.

He also told the Post that he wishes national figures like Trump and Harris would take action to solve the problem instead of just talking about it.

“Simply put: Stop playing politics with the smaller communities. We don't like that. We don't appreciate that. We would rather you do your job and actually do something instead of talking about it,” he said.

Original source of the article: Residents of a small Indiana town complain that their children are “falling behind” in schools due to an influx of migrants.