Next casualty of the budget ax – English-language classes.

More than 100 immigrants and community leaders rallied in Jackson Heights Wednesday to protest proposed budget cuts to adult education and English as a Second Language classes.

The demonstrators urged the state to restore more than $2 million in funding for the programs before the new budget is adopted in the upcoming weeks.

“We’re concerned that these cuts are going to affect adult learners who are working to improve the quality of their lives,” said K.C. Williams, director of adult education at the nonprofit group Queens Community House.

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