The city of Denver will begin evicting foreign immigrants in its shelter system on February 5th after they have spent a certain number of days in the facility, according to multiple reports.
Denver is the top destination per capita for foreign immigrants who cross the border with Mexico and are transported to the jurisdiction by buses paid for by the state of Texas, with more than 40,000 arrivals, the state said. . report According to NBC News. Due to overcrowding, the city will begin evicting individuals who have remained in the system for 42 days, according to a Jan. 17 announcement. report According to local news outlet Denverite. (Related: Denver health secretary details 'humanitarian crisis' at migrant influx hospitals, asks Congress for help)
“Just yesterday [my children] Eddie Mujica, a mother from Venezuela who traveled with her family to the United States and is living with them at a shelter in Denver, told NBC. She added that she received an eviction notice from the city and that she “doesn't know where I'm going next.”
It's now difficult to drive through Denver without stopping at intersections full of people trying to wash their windshields.
Most of them are immigrants from Venezuela and have nowhere else to work.
Most immigrants cannot obtain federal work permits and have no other way to earn money. pic.twitter.com/RgcmDjHHgl
— Mark Sallinger (@MarcSallinger) January 25, 2024
Denver, the capital of Colorado, is approximately 713,000 people are currently evacuated 4,400 The hotel is accepting foreign immigrants through contracts, Denverite reported. By September 2023, the city had paid nearly $25 million to house immigrants.
The city's Democratic mayor, Mike Johnston, estimates that housing, education, health care and other services for foreign immigrants will cost more than $100 million in 2024, NBC reported. The city's hospital system has already provided $10 million in uncompensated medical services to immigrants.
Many immigrants take on manual labor to earn money to escape the system. According to some information, migrants are increasingly washing their car windows at intersections. report Considering that many immigrants do not receive Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to CBS News in Colorado.
“[W]We want to expand work authorization, and we want to make sure these people can find work and receive a regular paycheck,” said Denver Human Services employee John. Ewing told CBS. “We want to give them a fighting chance for that, but there's only so much we can do.”
Until then, many migrants will be working on the streets and living in city shelters if they are evicted. “We have no way to get an apartment. What do we do?” one immigrant told CBS.
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