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Two days after the city of Denver opened an emergency shelter to
accommodate more than 100 migrants who arrived in the city from the
country’s southern border, another 20 arrived on Thursday, city
officials said.
And more may be coming in the days and weeks ahead, Evan Dreyer,
deputy chief of staff to Mayor Michael Hancock said at a news
conference on Thursday afternoon. With the city’s Emergency
Operations Center activated to address the unfolding crisis, many
are looking for people to blame.
But Dreyer said Thursday that roughly 300 migrants have arrived in
Denver over the past two months and the sudden arrival of 90 people
at the doors of the Denver Rescue Mission overnight Monday into
Tuesday does not appear to be the outcome of an act of political
theater.
“From what we’ve been able to gather, there was sort of an informal gathering, some on social media, among those folks themselves,”
Dreyer said of the migrants, many from South and Central America
including Venezuela. “This does not appear to be anything that was
organized by another government entity to direct people specifically
to Denver. Just want to make that clear … we do not think that that
was the case. No evidence of that.”
Dreyer’s comments Thursday stand in contrast to a statement issued
by U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday. The Colorado Democrat,
Denver’s former mayor, linked the arrival of the migrants on Monday
to recent actions by Republican governors in Florida, Texas and
Arizona who have bused or flown groups of immigrants to big cities
and more liberal states.
“Instead of playing partisan games, let’s tackle our broken
immigration system once and for all,” Hickenlooper said in his
statement.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office told The Denver Post on Wednesday
that his administration is only busing migrants to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago and New York City at this point.
Representatives for Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday told the
Post the administration is only sending people to Washington D.C.
Dreyer started Thursday’s press conference by focusing on the help
the migrants need now.
He thanked the nonprofit service providers that have been supporting
the migrants and the city’s shelter efforts. Denver is directing
people who want to help to send monetary donations to Denver
Community Church, the American Friends Service Committee, and the
Colorado Hosting Asylum Network.
But it’s an ongoing situation that will require more support. As of
Thursday afternoon, 120 immigrants were staying in the city’s
emergency shelter, set up in the gymnasium of an undisclosed city
recreation center. That number was expected to be updated.
The city has released photos and videos from within the shelter but
has not allowed media inside or publicly released the location out
of concerns for the safety and privacy of those staying there,
officials said.
https://www.denverpost.com/2022/12/08/migrants-denver-influx- emergency-shelter-bus/
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