Hundreds of migrants — most of them from Venezuela — appeared at the Auraria Campus in Denver this past weekend, surprising officials and activists.
— both of which are dedicated to helping immigrants in the U.S. — showed up on campus to help pass out water and speak with the group in Spanish.
A few migrants from Venezuela lay their sleeping bags out under the shade of the trees outside the 5th Street Garage on the Auraria campus.In December, the average number of migrants arriving in Denver was an estimated 250 or more a day, Loya notes. That number dropped off for several months, but this weekend more than 400 arrived daily, she says.arriving and being sheltered by the city or partners — says nearly 530 migrants have arrived since Sunday.
Once federal funding gets cut off on May 11, Denver will only receive about $909,000 of the $332.5 million available through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. On Monday around noon, a mass email from the University of Colorado's Department of Emergency Management went out to staff and faculty asking for Spanish speakers to assist"these migrants with transition needs."
"The border is receiving a lot of people, and over 50 percent are making their way to Denver because it's $90 [by bus] from El Paso to Denver, and they're being told Denver will help them get elsewhere."
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