"It's a problem," one law enforcement source said. "We're essentially allowing a criminal enterprise now involving minors to percolate in the shelter system without the police being able to do what would be normal due diligence when minors are involved in crime."
Authorities maintain that the youngsters are recruited by migrant gang members in city shelters - particularly the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown - and sent out to do the dirty work, The Post reported this week.
But cops can't get into the the taxpayer-funded hotel haven without a warrant, unless there's a 911 call or a medical emergency, making it difficult to go after the young gangbangers.
Once content to just snatch purses and jewelry, officials say that members of the marauding migrant youth gang - some as young as 11 - are now armed and dangerous.
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