>> THE FAMILY IS NOW TRYING TO
RAISE MONEY TO SEND HIS BODY BACK TO EL SALVADOR FOR BURIAL.
>>> AND THEN PROTESTERS ARE
SUPPOSED TO BEGIN RIGHT NOW
OUTSIDE THE CONTROVERSIAL
MIGRANT SHELTER OF A FORMER
SCHOOL ON STATEN ISLAND.
AND CHRIS, WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW?
>> Reporter: WELL, SEVERAL
HUNDRED PROTESTERS NOW GATHERED
HERE IN FRONT OF THE ST. JOHN
VILLA SCHOOL BUILDING.
OF COURSE, JUST A WEEK AGO AN
APPEALS JUDGE RULED AGAINST A
BID TO TRY AND BLOCK THE HOUSING
OF MIGRANTS IN THIS BUILDING,
BUT THE PEOPLE HERE, THEY SAY
THEY ARE UNDETERRED BY THAT
DECISION, AND THEY DO NOT WANT THESE ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THEIR
COMMUNITY.
TAKING TO THE STREETS AGAIN,
THIS GROUP OF STATEN ISLAND PROTESTERS VOWING TO KEEP
PRESSURING MAYOR ADAMS UNTIL HE
CLOSES THE MIGRANT SHELTER INSIDE THIS FORMER CATHOLIC
SCHOOL.
>> IT’S NOT ABOUT RACE, IT’S
ABOUT RIGHT.
NO VET, NO BET. OUR ANCESTORS HAD TO COME HERE
AND GO THROUGH THE DUE PROCESS
AND BE VETTED.
>> Reporter: WITH MORE THAN 100,000 ASYLUM SEEKERS BUSSED TO
NEW YORK, AND THE MAYOR IS
RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS, AND THE
CITY AND STATE PLEADING WITH
PRESIDENT BIDEN TO EXPEDITE WORK
PERMITS SO THEY CAN PAY FOR THEIR OWN ROOFS.
MEANWHILE, TEMPERS BOILED OVER
IN A DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE
GRACIE MANSION, POLICE MAKING
SEVERAL ARRESTS AFTER PUNCHES
WERE THROWN.
A NONPROFIT TEACHES MIGRANTS
WORK AND LANGUAGE SKILLS, AND SHE BELIEVES THOSE PROTESTING
THE HOUSING MIGRANTS WOULD BE
WILLING TO ACCEPT THEM AS
NEIGHBORS IF THEY COULD SEE HOW HARD THEY ARE WORKING.
>> I THINK MANY OTHERS ARE
FORGETTING THAT A LONG TIME AGO
IT WAS NOT LIKE THE VENEZUELANS, IT WAS PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES GOING THROUGH THE SAME
THING THE VENEZUELANS ARE GOING THROUGH.
>> Reporter: YOU HEARD NEW YORK
LEADERS SAY JUST LET THEM WORK.
IS THAT ENOUGH?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT. I’M NOT CONVINCED THAT THE
CRIMINALS ARE NOT IN THESE
BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW.
I DON’T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THESE
PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HAS ARGUED IT
WOULD TAKE A ACT OF CONGRESS TO
EXPEDITE WORK PERMITS, BUT THE
ADAM ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE