Tag: Denver Immigration
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Aurora council considers telling organizations: Stop bringing immigrants to city
As Denver grapples with housing and feeding tens of thousands of immigrants, Aurora’s City Council members are mulling asking organizations to stop bringing immigrants into the city without first securing an agreement over costs and services. A resolution under consideration also states the city will “not allocate public funds, services, or staff resources for migrant…
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Denver City Council considers spending more to feed immigrants in shelters
The Denver City Council on Tuesday will consider spending $475,000 more to help feed immigrants living in shelters. Denver contracts with Colorado Hospitality Services to provide food at immigrant shelters. Denver’s updated contract with the service, if approved, would add up to a total of $925,000 needed to provide meals to immigrants living in city-provided…
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Denver council approves contract for up to $25M to house immigrants
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A roughly $400,000 contract to provide shelter for newly-arrived immigrants in Denver has now ballooned to up to $25 million, another sign of the crisis that has placed the city under tremendous fiscal strain within the past year. Under the contract that the Denver City Council approved on Monday, Denver guarantees to spend at least…
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Denver City Council to consider $50 million in immigration funding
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The Denver City Council on Monday will consider a combined $50 million in immigration funding amid the city’s unprecedented influx of newcomers from the country’s southern border. Denver has received 38,251 immigrants since the beginning of 2023, according to the city’s immigration dashboard on Friday. Nearly all of the immigrants arrive homeless and without work…
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We sent reporters to America’s southern border — follow their work here
Two of our reporters — Nico Brambila and Tom Hellauer — are in El Paso, Texas, where they are chronicling the illegal immigration crisis that is spilling over into America’s interior cities, such as Denver. Why? To see first hand what the situation is like on the border. We want to talk to El Paso officials, residents,…
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Why Denver Mayor Mike Johnston prefers to talk about work authorization, not border security | ANALYSIS
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In pushing for federal action on illegal immigration, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston often pleads for three specific responses from Congress and the Biden administration — more funding for cities grappling with the crisis, work authorization and a “coordinated entry program.” The mayor notably stays clear of talking about “border security,” an omission that serves to underscore…
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Denver to recognize city staff for immigrant, homeless response efforts
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The Denver City Council on Monday is set to read a proclamation recognizing efforts of city staff members involved with the city’s homeless and immigration crises. Denver, since the beginning of 2023, has so far welcomed 37,825 immigrants into the city as of Sunday, according to the city’s immigration count dashboard. Of the total, 4,290…
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With Denver at a breaking point from illegal immigration, mayor heads to DC to plead for action
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston plans to travel to Washington, D.C. this week — his second in as many months — to press White House and federal officials for a concrete solution to the illegal immigration crisis that’s threatening to consume hundreds of millions of dollars of the city’s budget. Denver’s mayor earlier said if the current…
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Denver City councilmembers ‘desperate’ amid homelessness, immigration crises
The tens of thousands of immigrants who crossed America’s southern border illegally and ended up in Denver have amplified the city’s rampant homelessness, resulting in an unprecedented crisis that has already cost a combined $83 million and left councilmembers “desperate” for a solution. The councilmembers echoed Mayor Mike Johnston’s warning that the city faces a…
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16th Street Mall funding, immigration service contracts up for Denver City Council vote
The Denver City Council will consider allocating $1.15 million in federal funding to help pay for the delayed renovation project of the 16th Street Mall during its first meeting of 2024 on Tuesday. The Downtown Denver Partnership wants to utilize American Rescue Plan Act dollars toward the revitalization of Denver’s beleaguered 16th Street Mall. Construction…