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New York Post
7 Feb 2024


NextImg:Democrat-run Denver is ‘out of shelter space’ amid migrant surge — and will start kicking people out

Denver has become the latest Democrat-run city so overwhelmed by a surge of migrants it has run “out of shelter space” — forcing city officials to start kicking out thousands to accommodate newer arrivals.

“We have filled every single hotel room that we have available in the city and county of Denver,” Mayor Mike Johnston said at a town hall meeting last week.

“Now, we have the terrible decision that if we don’t start exiting folks, we will have 250 folks that will arrive today or the day after, who don’t have anywhere to go at night.”

The city had suspended migrant evictions in November due to concerns about the cold weather, but ended that pause on Monday — allowing the city to kick migrants out of shelters if they have stayed in the temporary housing for more than six weeks.

That day, about 140 migrant families were booted from their accommodations, with 660 families in the coming weeks, likely meaning more than 3,000 individuals, Newsweek said. For the next two months, about 50 to 60 families will be forced out each day.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has ended the city’s pause in evictions because “we are out of shelter space.” Getty Images

“Our city workers have done heroic work helping newcomers land on their feet and start to build a life in Denver, but we are out of shelter space,” the mayor’s press secretary, Jordan Fuja, told the outlet.

“We are out of staff and we are facing a budget deficit of up to $180 million to cover sheltering costs.”

Still, city officials expect the total number of migrants staying at shelters to remain the same — between 4,000 to 5,000 — as more and more come in, according to 9 News.

Each day for the next two months, about 50 to 60 migrant families will be forced out of their shelters or hotels. Denver Post via Getty Images

The city is already drawing money out of its contingency reserves to help subsidize migrant-related costs, Laura Swartz, a spokeswoman for the Denver Department of Finance said.

But even that would likely only cover costs until April — and Johnston estimates the city will need $100 million over the course of the year to pay for housing, schooling, health care and other services amid the migrant surge.

“We don’t want to take police officers off the streets,” Johnston told CNN. “We don’t want to take firefighters off the street. We don’t want to not do trash pickup or not have our parks and recreation centers open.”

But, he warned, the city is going to have to find the money somewhere in the budget if the migrant crisis continues.

Over the past year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent 157,000 migrants to the city.

There, about 8,000 migrants recorded 20,000 visits to Denver Health — receiving services such as emergency room treatment, primary care, dental care and childbirth — without being able to pay, according to Fox News.

Over the past year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent 157,000 migrants to the city, and about 3,000 migrant children have joined the public school system since July. Denver Post via Getty Images

The visits contributed to the hospital system being in the red by about $22 million.

It is now asking for more money from the state and federal government to help cover $10 million in unpaid bills, NBC News reports.

At the same time, nearly 3,000 migrant children — mainly from Venezuela — have joined the Denver Public School system since July, according to Adrienne Endres, who oversees multilingual education.

“Denver is facing humanitarian and fiscal crises with the influx of arrivals to our city and limited resources,” Fuja said.

In an effort to find a solution, Mayor Johnston recently traveled to DC, joined by Colorado Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet to call for more federal aid, and expedited work authorizations for the migrants.

In the meantime, Ewing said, “We’re doing everything possible.”

The city is now “working as hard as we can to make sure that people are getting into a better situation and not going back onto the streets,” according to Fuja.

He noted that the city is buying bus tickets to send migrant families to other American cities.

In January alone, the city purchased more than 2,000 bus tickets, sending the families to other destinations within the US — with most going to New York or Chicago.

Denver is also operating seven migrant shelters for newcomers and is partnering with the Archdiocese of Denver to provide bridge housing.

It now operates two shelters for migrants who were formerly experiencing homelessness.