Tag: Immigration Crisis
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Proposed $45 million cut to Denver’s budget to pay for illegal immigration crisis advances
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A panel of councilmembers has unanimously advanced Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposed $45 million in budget cuts — dollars the administration intends to use to pay for its response to the city’s illegal immigration crisis. The proposed budget cuts’ next stop is the full City Council. The budget cuts include a hiring freeze and service reductions.…
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How many immigrants are working in Denver? Officials don’t know
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At numerous intersections across the Denver metro region, immigrants jockey to scrub windshields for tips before the red light turns green. They’re among the most visible manifestations of the illegal immigration crisis that has spilled into America’s interior cities, notably Denver. But of the 40,000 immigrants who arrived in the city after illegally crossing America’s…
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Denver imposes hiring freeze, diverts funds to come up with $90 million for illegal immigration crisis
Denver taxpayers are on the hook for $90 million this fiscal year to pay for the city’s response to the illegal immigration crisis that has been spilling over into America’s interior cities from the southern border. That’s the latest estimate from Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration, which earlier said the city was poised to spend…
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New Douglas County ordinance prohibits unscheduled immigrant bus drop-offs
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Douglas County commissioners unanimously voted to approve an ordinance this week that takes aim at Colorado’s “sanctuary” laws by prohibiting commercial vehicles from making unscheduled stops in unincorporated Douglas County to drop off immigrants. The new ordinance simultaneously targets so-called “sanctuary” cities and efforts lawmakers around the country have made to offload immigrants elsewhere. This…
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Denver officials look to landlords for vacant rental properties for immigrants
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With Denver poised to close four immigrant shelters this month, officials this week put out a request to landlords registered with the city for vacant rental properties to accommodate those who have exhausted their vouchers. City officials on Tuesday sent a letter to about 14,000 landlords to inquire with whether they have vacant rental properties…
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Denver mayor announces new director for ‘Newcomer Program’
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Mayor Mike Johnston announced Thursday he appointed Sarah Plastino to the newly created — and highly anticipated — director of the city’s Newcomer Program, in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by tens of thousands of immigrants coming to Colorado’s most populous city. The Newcomer Program is within the Denver Department of Human Services, which…
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Denver reduces DMV, other services, as mayor paints grim financial picture driven by immigrant crisis
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Friday said the city will be scaling back Department of Motor Vehicle and Parks and Recreation services to cut costs in the wake of the $42 million crisis sparked by the unprecedented influx of immigrants arriving in Denver over the…
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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,…
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Denver rounds up immigrants living in encampments before sub-zero temps settle in
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Denver officials on Thursday circled the city’s two remaining large immigrant encampments in advance of the arctic blast expected to blow in this weekend. The largest of the two remaining encampments at Fox Street and West 48th Avenue had — at the last estimate — about 50 tents and 100 people, said Jon Ewing, a…
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Denver spent $12.7 million responding to the immigrant crisis
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The effort to shelter and support the more than 6,300 immigrants from South and Central America who have arrived in Denver since December cost the city $12.7 million, officials said Thursday. Beginning May 8, the city will no longer offer shelter to migrants who haven’t…