Tag: Kristen Baluyot
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Soap, diapers, toothbrush: Denver pleads for donations as immigrant arrivals jump to 250 per day
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said the surge of immigrants may require cutting services, but he stopped short of saying immigrants would be turned away
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No lawful entry? No asylum: Biden administration responds to immigrants’ surge at border, influx in Denver
In its most forceful statement yet on the surge of immigrants at the U.S. border with Mexico — a crisis that has been spilling into America’s interior cities, such as Denver — the Biden administration said those who crossed into the U.S. illegally won’t be eligible for asylum. “Starting tonight, people who arrive at the border…
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Denver area shelters — at or near capacity — brace for immigrant surge
Ready or not, here they come. Local nonprofits — that for months have helped Denver temporarily house immigrants from South and Central America — are bracing for a new surge with the sunset of a pandemic-era border restriction that ends Thursday. “All the shelters are pretty much at capacity,” said Kristen Baluyot, Denver metro social…