Tag: Central America
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Denver closes last immigrant shelter but will adjust in case of another surge
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver has closed the last of its immigrant shelters as the number of people who traveled to Denver after illegally crossing the border has dwindled. Over the past 18 months, some 42,000 immigrants from central and south America traveled to Denver, forcing the city to…
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Denver helped more than 5,000 immigrants since December
More than 5,000 immigrants from South and Central America have arrived in Denver since early December when an influx of new arrivals prompted city leaders to set up temporary shelters and declare an emergency. Denver hit the milestone over the weekend. During the height of the migration, the city saw busloads of immigrants from El…
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Denver Public Schools sees bump in new Spanish speaking students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 350 new Spanish-speaking students enrolled in Denver Public Schools within the first weeks after an influx of immigrants from South and Central American arrived in the Mile High City, school district data shows. The Denver Gazette requested, under the Colorado Open Records Act,…
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Chicago, New York and Miami top choices for immigrants leaving Denver
The city of Denver spent nearly $500,000 in December on 1,900 Greyhound bus tickets to send immigrants to 35 states and Washington DC, documents obtained by The Denver Gazette show. The majority of immigrants were bused to New York and Illinois. These costs do not reflect those bused in January, nor state expenditures for its charter…
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Colorado steps in to transport immigrants to other states
Gov. Jared Polis confirmed Tuesday the influx of immigrants arriving in Denver compelled the state step in and help transport immigrants to their “desired destination” — meaning cities in other states. The City of Denver has been doing this since at least early December when a busload of immigrants, mostly from Venezuela, were dropped off at Union…
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Denver to host CONCACAF Nations League semifinals, final
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Team USA is coming to Denver. The United States’ men’s national soccer team, along with Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica, will compete in the CONCACAF Nations League Finals — Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association…