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Another 44 asylum seekers are expected to arrive in Denver late
Tuesday or early Wednesday morning from New Mexico, the second time
nonprofits coordinated the transport to Denver.
El Paso-based nonprofit Annunciation House paid $5,000 to bus the
migrants to Denver-area churches and nonprofits that agreed to host
them temporarily while volunteers connect them to their host
families in other cities and states, Annunciation House director
Ruben Garcia said. Annunciation House worked with Denver-area
nonprofits to coordinate the effort last month after the nonprofit
shelters reached capacity. The migrants typically only stay for 48
hours or less in the host locations before they head to their
sponsors and await immigration hearings.
The New Mexico governor’s office paid about $4,000 to transport the
asylum seekers by bus to Denver in May but said it was the only time
it planned to foot the bill. A spokeswoman for the governor’s office confirmed on Tuesday that the nonprofits coordinated the
transportation.
Garcia would not confirm which Denver-area churches have agreed to
house the asylum seekers, saying he would leave it up to Denver’s
faith communities to share the news.
Multiple requests for comment to the American Friends Service
Committee and Casa de Paz, which helped coordinate the effort with
area churches in May, were not returned on Tuesday afternoon.
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/06/11/denver-asylum-seekers-mexico-
us-border/
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