Backlash continues after the city started housing migrants at the St. John Villa Academy on Staten Island.

“What can we do to make sure that folks in the neighborhood who are deeply opposed to the shelter feel secure?” Staten Island Councilman David Carr said.

Some residents have voiced concerns, saying migrants have not been vetted.

Carr wants the site shut down. However, while it remains open, he’s asking for an 11 p.m. curfew.

“It makes it a lot easier when you’re dealing with the population that doesn’t have identification to know that once 11 p.m. comes, everyone who’s there is supposed to be there,” Carr said on Sunday. “I’m not saying that the community would suddenly become happy. The shelter is there by no means that we would all continue to oppose it. But I think that they would feel more secure in their neighborhoods.”

The curfew is currently implemented at shelters managed by the city’s Department of Social Services, but isn’t imposed at shelters run by the Office of Emergency Management.

In a letter Friday, with support of other Staten Island officials, including Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, they asked OEM Commissioner Zachary Iscol to implement the curfew.

“I spoke with Commissioner Iscol on Saturday when we did a tour of the Villa campus with some of my elected colleagues, and he told me he was going to try to work with me on this,” Carr said. “But at this point, we don’t yet have an answer on whether they’re going to institute a curfew.”

Migrant advocates don’t believe a curfew should be put in place.

“What we keep seeing is that people are thinking about more punitive measures into discouraging people from being in the shelter system to begin with,” said Murad Awawdeh, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition. “In every iteration of immigration in the past has faced some discontentment from other communities. And I think that this time is no different. It’s unfortunate that in this moment we’re seeing folks come out and, you know, using some pretty dangerous language towards our new neighbors.”

Neighbors plan to continue speaking out against the shelter.

A protest is planned for Monday at 6 p.m. outside of St. John Villa Academy.