About 150 migrants were expected to leave shelters Monday after the City and County of Denver resumed discharging families with children from city-run facilities, part of the city’s efforts to deal with the continuing influx of migrants from the southern border.
“Pretty much everyone has received some kind of accommodation toward housing or something along those lines,” said Jon Ewing, a spokesperson with the Denver Department of Human Services.
About 50 to 60 people are expected to be discharged each day for the next couple of months, according to Ewing. He said the city is working with its partners, including nonprofits, to find migrant families alternative living arrangements.
“We’re doing everything possible. We’re working as hard as we can to make sure that people are getting into a better situation and not going back onto the streets,” said Ewing. “We don’t believe that camping is a viable solution. Not only is it against the law to camp in the city of Denver, but it’s also dangerous. It’s unsafe.”