DENVER (KDVR) — Denver’s mayor said Friday the city is reaching a breaking point with migrant arrivals and could put a pause on taking in more people.
Johnston made the comments on KOA.
“We are considering it. We have to consider all options, particularly if there isn’t any help from the federal government,” Johnston said.
Meanwhile, thousands of migrants housed in city shelters will have to start leaving on Monday. It’s a process that will be long and hard, but according to the city, it has to be done.
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Denver has now helped 38,275 migrants over the last year, and as of Friday night, 3,895 were staying in city shelters.
“That’s an incredible number of people to shelter, support, feed, help with transportation, deal with case management,” said Jon Ewing, with Denver Human Services.
He said the current operation is unsustainable.
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Starting on Monday, 150 migrants in city shelters will be discharged. Then that number will fluctuate between 50-100 every day until all 3,800 are out of the 10 shelters currently run by the city.