Group of 20 Migrants Attempted to Enter California School Bus Picking Up Students in ‘Really Scary’ Scene
Ronny Reyes, New York Post, August 29, 2024
A group of about 20 migrants terrified young children by trying to get on their California school bus early Wednesday — a day after a smaller group walked down a highway trying to stop another bus, district officials said.
The alarming incidents occurred in the Jamul-Dulzura Union School District close to the Mexico border — where school bus drivers are now being ordered to skip stops where migrants might be waiting.
On Tuesday, at least three migrants walked in the middle of Highway 94 to try to stop a bus that was forced to go around them, Fox 5 reported.
Then early Wednesday, about 20 tried to get on a bus at the same stop just off the highway as students got on for school — forcing parents to make sure their kids were safe.
“It was definitely really scary,” said mom Nicole Cardinale, whose 8-year-old son was on the bus Wednesday.
“Your initial shock is you’re helpless,” she said of getting alerted to the scary run in.
Cardinale said her son was “really confused” by the scary episode. “He said these adults — they weren’t kids — had backpacks on and they were trying to get on our bus … He said there was a lot of them,” she told Fox 5.
“It’s just scary that these kids were put in that situation,” Cardinale added.
“If those 20 people would have gotten onto the bus and tried to take over the bus, these kids and the bus driver could have been in real danger.”
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