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Residents in Democratic stronghold fuming as migrant mega shelter causes explosion of gang-related crime

Residents in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, are fed up with New York City’s migrant crisis as crime explodes in the highly Democratic area.

ResidentsintheheavyDemocraticdistrictofBrooklyn,NewYork,arefumingastheyareafraidtogooutsideorusethecityparksduetothecriminalchaoscausedbyamegashelterforillegalimmigrants.  ClintonHillwasonceacharmingandrelativelysafepartofBrooklyn,isnowturningintoachaoticenvironmentfilledwithmigrantsduetoamega-complexsetupbyNewYorkCitytohousethousands.  LocalsorganizedonSundayinprotestoftheskyrocketingviolence,mountingtrash,andtheconstantfightsstemmingfromthemassivecomplex.  “Wehavetobeheard.Enoughisenough,”saidReneeCollymore,theDemocraticliaisonwhoorganizedtheprotest.“It’snotaboutanti-migrants.It’saboutsafetyfirst.” BUTTIGIEGFACESGRILLINGONHARRIS’IMMIGRATIONRECORD:‘LET’SGETREAL’ ThecomplexislocatedinBrooklyn’sClintonHillasamajoremergencymigrantsheltersetup,comprisingseveralindustrialwarehouses.OpenedinJuly2023,itprovideshousingforaroun