(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Mayor Yemi Mobolade took to Facebook on Friday, Feb. 2, to outline Colorado Springs’ response to migrants coming to the city, and clarify some misleading language circulating across the Pikes Peak region.
It began over the weekend, Mayor Mobolade said, when he received a phone call from the Salvation Army.
“It was from Capt. Doug Hanson,” he said. “That they had received 21 migrants.”
Hanson confirmed that information in an interview with FOX21 News on Thursday. It was assumed the migrants had been dropped off, and migrant testimony revealed at least some of them had come from Denver.
“The numbers started to get… to a point where maybe we were a little concerned or wanted the city to know,” Hanson said. “We just made them aware.”
From there, Mayor Mobolade said, concerns began spreading quickly across Colorado Springs.
“That’s really important for residents to know that we’re not in a crisis situation,” he stated. “Neither am I advocating that I want a crisis in our city.”