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Denver struggling to stay afloat after arrival of 38,000 migrants
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:18 pm
Sounds like they need 100K more ASAP
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Abbott
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Colorado’s capital has joined the evergrowing list of cities that have become overwhelmed by the influx of migrants — with over 38,000 asylum seekers arriving in Denver in the past year.
The Mile-High City has struggled to accommodate the new arrivals who have inundated city shelters and hospitals, prompting state officials to enact a limit on how long migrants can stay in state-funded rooms starting Feb. 5.
The city initially paused the discharge of migrant families from shelters on Nov. 17 to assist the increasing number of new arrivals.
However, after seeing a dramatic uptick, the city is now housing 4,500 migrants and will resume discharging migrant families.
Denver’s Deputy Director of Communications Jose Salas told The Post the city will extend “its previous length-of-stay policy for families from 37 days to 42 days.”
“The changes will be rolled out over the next several weeks and come as Denver experiences a significant surge in arrivals from the southern border as well as pressing budgetary concern,” Salas said.
A Venezuelan family told NBC News that they just received notice from the city that they will be evicted from the hotel where they have been living.
“Just yesterday they started throwing away the toys, the bicycles in the common area,” the mother of three girls said. “We don’t know where we will go next.”
Dr. Steven Federico, a pediatrician and chief of government and community affairs at Denver Health, told the outlet that hospitals like his have become a “safety net” for the city.
“I think it’s been an unheeded call so far in terms of who’s going to be responsible for the health care of this population,” Federico said. “In the meantime, it falls on safety net hospitals like Denver Health.”
Federico says hospital officials have begged state and federal officials for help covering $10 million in unpaid medical bills from migrants.
Emergency room doctor Kristi Rodrigues told NBC she worries asylum seekers may not be able to get the help they might need after being discharged from the ER.
“I don’t mind being busy. I can see a lot of patients, I can stay late,” Rodrigues said. “But I don’t know if this person is going to get his medicine filled. I don’t actually know if this person is ever going to get into a pediatrician to be seen and taken care of. For me, that’s the part that pulls at my heartstrings.”
Denver Public Schools has seen an additional 3,000 students enter the system since July, putting a strain on their budget as funding gets set based on the district’s population the previous October, according to Adrienne Endres, who oversees multilingual education for the district.
Most of the migrants have come from Venezuela, and many arrived with little to no schooling, Endres said.
“We’ve gotten a lot of new kids really quickly, with a lot of needs,” Endres said. “It’s been getting creative in a lot of spaces. It’s been bringing a lot of other departments in. And it’s been an adventure that we’re glad to be on.”
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The news comes on the heels of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announcing that the Lone Star State has bused more than 102,000 migrants to so-called sanctuary cities — including over 37,500 to New York City.
While the Big Apple and Chicago received the bulk of the migrants, Denver has reportedly received over 16,000 since May 18, according to Abbott’s office.
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Abbott
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:20 pm to stout
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“We don’t know where we will go next.”
Go home, bitch.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:22 pm to stout
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Denver Public Schools has seen an additional 3,000 students enter the system since July, putting a strain on their budget as funding gets set based on the district’s population the previous October, according to Adrienne Endres, who oversees multilingual education for the district.
Rookie numbers. Arizona school districts have been dealing with higher levels of "new" students for decades.
People from across the country need to help Texas crank up the busing.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:24 pm to jcaz
Federico says hospital officials have begged state and federal officials for help covering $10 million in unpaid medical bills from migrants.
Why can't the migrants pay for their own medical bills??????
Why can't the migrants pay for their own medical bills??????
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:24 pm to stout
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many arrived with little to no schooling
13 year old male in Pre-K, what could possibly go wrong?
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:27 pm to stout
The blue city politicians will fall on the sanctuary city sword before admitting Biden's border policy hurts America.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:30 pm to Clyde Tipton
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13 year old male in Pre-K, what could possibly go wrong?
Things such as raping children are accepted in certain cultures. Why do you hate their culture?
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:30 pm to stout
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Sounds like they need 100K more ASAP
https://feepay.txapps.texas.gov/oog/border-transportation-funding/
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:34 pm to stout
Denver actually had Homeless Envy around 30 years ago. The media was full of what big cities were doing to aid these poor souls. Denver didn't have any so they advertised public housing and benefits for the homeless. They came. Unintended consequences strikes again.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:36 pm to stout
Oh..but the Democrat dingbats on the View say we are allowing too few to come in, and must open the border back up to all the migrants AND terrorists wanting to come in and get a free phone and education for their kids...ALL OF THEM.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:37 pm to Perfect Circle
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The blue city politicians will fall on the sanctuary city sword before admitting Biden's border policy hurts America.
They can't admit fault. It destroys so many of their narratives if they do. Isn't it glorious to watch unfold though? These assholes and their policies destroyed the California of my youth and I live in a relatively normal area but the state is just a mess from top to bottom. Eat it progs, you did this and now you are finally paying for it. I love seeing it happen.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:39 pm to stout
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38,000 migrants
Not sure if serious.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:46 pm to Emmitt Fitzhume
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Federico says hospital officials have begged state and federal officials for help covering $10 million in unpaid medical bills from migrants.
Why can't the migrants pay for their own medical bills??????
If they can't pay... Send em away.
Not our monkey, not our circus.
Stop rewarding bad behaviour, then they will stop coming.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:48 pm to stout
75% of hotels and fast food restaurants in Colorado, not just Denver, are staffed by illegals, immigrants, leaches, whatever you want to call them. 90% of them speak zero English and use the translation app on their free phone to communicate. Shite needs to stop asap.
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:53 pm to stout
Migrants?? There damn illegal aliens
Posted on 1/30/24 at 3:56 pm to stout
They voted for this. Frick em.
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