Tag: Denver Immigration Crisis
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Denver sweeps 2 immigrant encampments, extends shelter stay to 7 days
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hours after dismantling an immigrant camp in Denver proper, city officials followed the immigrants to a new encampment they tried to erect on Denver International Airport land and swept that area, too. And to get the immigrants to move to a city-run shelter, Mayor Mike…
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Denver suggests immigrants should go to NYC or Chicago: ‘The opportunities are over’
Facing a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, the city of Denver is suggesting that immigrants go elsewhere. A video, obtained by 9News, from inside a migrant shelter showed Andres Carrera, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s political director, speaking in Spanish to immigrants telling them there are better opportunities outside Colorado. “The opportunities are over,” Carrera said. “New York…
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Sarah Plastino, chief of Denver’s immigrant response: ‘We want this to work for everybody’
Sarah Plastino sees her job as the director of the Denver’s “Newcomer Program” as a delicate balancing act. In a media Q&A with Plastino on Wednesday, the Philadelphia native said her goal in taking the position will be to strike a balance between an immigration empathetic and sustainable response. Plastino’s salary is $175,000. “Basically, the philosophy…
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Denver to resume discharging immigrant families from shelters
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Denver will resume discharging immigrant families with children from city-run shelters while extending its length-of-stay policy for families, city officials announced Wednesday. The previous maximum stay for families was 37 days, which is being extended to 42 days. “We don’t want to see people exiting the shelter and going onto the street,” said Jon Ewing,…