School districts across the country are on the front lines of the migrant crisis as children coming with their families across the U.S.-Mexico border enter classrooms.

Driving the news: Education officials tell Axios they are trying to enforce vaccination requirements, find classroom space, change bus routes and hire more bilingual teachers to meet the needs of thousands of students who have survived traumatizing migration journeys.

Why it matters: Schools have sprung into action as they also navigate complaints about strained resources, on top of a host of existing challenges like pandemic learning disruption and severe teacher shortages.

• All children in the U.S. are entitled to a public elementary and secondary education regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, per the Department of Education.

By the numbers: Chicago Public Schools have seen their first enrollment bump in 12 years thanks to the new arrivals. The district is in now enrolling about 1,000 additional English learner students, adding to 1,200 new enrollees this summer.

• Since July, New York City Public Schools have received 11,000 students living in temporary housing — the only way the city tracks whether students likely are recently arrived migrants or asylum seekers.
• Denver Public Schools are seeing many full classrooms, with nearly 2,000 migrant students having arrived since July, including about 400 this month.
• Boston Public Schools have enrolled more than 900 foreign-born students since...

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