Tip Cordova is so frustrated she could cry.

A proud U.S. citizen who immigrated from Thailand, Cordova became the owner of a Shell gas station and little shop on N. Speer Boulevard near I-25 seven years ago.

Her gas station is also just a few steps from a camp that now includes more than 70 tents that sprouted up after immigrants — primarily from Venezuela — exhausted their vouchers to stay in a city-provided shelter. The immigrants illegally crossed into the U.S. and traveled to Denver.

“I want to cry right now,” Cordova said. “I can’t take it anymore.”

The reason?

Business, Cordova said, is down about 50% since the immigrants who set up camp behind her business began approaching customers for work and loitering on the property. She and her son, Sam Plumsukon, hold their breath everyday, worrying a vehicle will hit one of the children playing in the small parking lot.

“I think the city doesn’t have a full plan in place,” said Plumsukon, who manages the gas station for his mother.

Plumsukon added, “If they keep bringing more (immigrants) without any plans, it’s just going to build up.”

The buildup is readily apparent.

Despite several large yellow garbage bags provided by the city — some empty — trash litters the roughly two-city blocks of the encampment. The rubbish frequently spills over onto Cordova’s property.

Windshield wipers have gone missing from the gas station’s buckets, just as immigrants carrying wipers have emerged in the intersections adjacent to the gas station, hoping to earn a couple of bucks washing the windshields of cars stopped at stoplights.

Cordova said she doesn’t even recognize the city she calls home anymore.

“We don’t want people to think that we have a dark heart,” said Cordova, noting she is sympathetic to the predicament that the city’s newly arrived immigrants face.

Frustrated, though, by the unintended consequences, Cordova and Plumsukon made repeated call to Denver police — to no avail.

A Denver officer who responded to a call Friday told Plumsukon she understands it’s “a huge problem,” but that there isn’t anything police could do.

“What’s going on right now is not a solution,” Plumsukon said.

Over the past year, the city has seen 35,588 immigrants from South and Central America arrive at its doorsteps as of Sunday.

To put that number into context, that’s roughly the size of Englewood, a suburb of Denver.

Early in the humanitarian crisis, Denver officials decided that taxpayers would pay to temporarily feed, house and transport immigrants arriving to the state’s most populous city.

Single, immigrant adults can stay at a city shelter for two weeks, while families with children can stay for up to 37 days.

“It’s not a lot of time to get your life in order,” Jon Ewing, a Denver Human Services spokesperson, has said. “But it’s what we can do with the resources we have.”

Denver Human Services has been managing the humanitarian response since the city lifted the emergency declarations.

The crisis, which has been spilling into America’s interior cities, has also overflowed from Denver into Carbondale, a municipality with zero infrastructure to accommodate them. The town west of Denver and 30 miles from Aspen opened up extra shelters, including a church and in its town hall. Local officials plan to keep the shelters open for 40 people until April 1.

Meanwhile, cities like New York City and Chicago are struggling to accommodate tens of thousands. New York City alone is spending hundreds of millions of dollars each month.

While an unknown number of these new arrivals will likely qualify for amnesty, few — if any — have authorization to legally work in the United States. Work authorization can take months.

That has huge implications for Denver, as it grapples with its fifth migration wave over the past 12 months.

If the newly arriving immigrants fail to obtain work, they won’t be able to house and feed themselves without public assistance.

The emergency response to the humanitarian crisis has already cost a staggering $36 million, and counting. These costs — despite state and federal grants — has largely been borne by Denver taxpayers.

Over a three-hour period Friday, Denver residents independently concerned with the plight of these immigrants dropped off food, clothing and water at the camp.

City officials intend to sweep the camp on Wednesday.

But it’s unclear where these homeless immigrants will go.

Flyers found taped to tents on Friday said in Spanish that city officials would remove and hold any property for 30 days. Homeless immigrants were directed to find emergency shelters with community partners, such as the Dolores Project or Salvation Army Crossroads.

“This is not a solution for anybody,” said Manny Cruz, a Shell customer.