Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a major shift Wednesday in the city’s response to the migrant crisis.
Most migrants are traumatized by what they left behind, as well as what they encountered en route, Byimana said. They need “first-aid mental health” as well as long-term care that’s even harder to arrange once they disperse from border-area shelters to communities across the country, he...
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accusing the federal government of "failing" the city. Adams himself has faced local criticism over plans to house migrants in public school gyms, though he has said the city is running out of space in existing shelters.
"Having temporary shelter locations that have required us to move our migrant guests between shelters regularly has created a lot of pressure and instability for the migrants being served," said Jay Morein, executive director of the Denver Department of Health and Human Services....
“The basic needs of families are tremendous. Some kids live in shelters. The clinic at the school has a waitlist for students needing mental health services. In essays, some students wrote about dead bodies or dangerous animals they saw on their journey to Colorado. Thirteen-year-old Ashley...
That dynamic has prompted many parents to either send kids on the journey to America alone, or get to the border and let them go the rest of the way. Most end up at least temporarily in shelters that are currently way beyond capacity. ImmigrationMilitaryPoliticsNewsCalifornia ...
Illegal alien gang members robbed a jewelry store in Denver. Meanwhile, Democrats (who created the border migrant crime crisis) are telling you they want to take YOUR guns. Seems like it might be time to refresh the tree of liberty or something like that.pic.twitter.com/O2RRp7hflX...
"The federal government has to lean in," Johnson said. The mayor's decision to delay enforcement comes just one day before a City Council committee was set to discuss the conditions of city shelters. Other cities like Denver and New York have already enforced limits on how long migrants can...
Francisco said he helped his younger brothers cross into the U.S., where Border Patrol processed the siblings as unaccompanied minors before transferring them to HHS, which placed them in shelters in Florida and New York. CBS News is not disclosing their surnames because they are minors...