The latest influx of migrants who arrived by bus to Denver may have surprised local and state officials, but they weren’t completely unexpected, according to immigration advocates.
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The migrants came into the U.S. from Central and South America, many from Venezuela, to apply for asylum. About half the people who arrived are looking to rejoin family members and may work some day labor jobs to earn money to get to their next stop, Piper said. About 50-100 people are arriving every day in Denver.
However, immigration advocates have been telling government officials since September that this would happen. The root causes of the migration were only getting worse and Colorado isn’t that far from the border. Immigration partners in border towns were telling the Colorado nonprofits that they would have to extend into the interior to help migrants because of the way the administration is approaching asylum.
. They welcomed some migrants but had to reject another request so they could partner with the city after the most recent influx of migrants.For several months, Colorado advocates met with local and state officials about the crisis who heard their concerns, but before this past week, Piper said city leadership wasn’t sure how many migrants to expect, and top state leadership didn’t take them seriously aside from those working in the Office of New Americans.
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