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Date: December 7th, 2022 11:52 PM
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150 migrants unexpectedly dropped in downtown Denver, prompting city to open emergency shelter

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/12/07/denver-migrants-emergency-shelter/

As many as 150 migrants from the U.S.’s southern border arrived in downtown Denver by bus Monday night, prompting city emergency management officials to quickly open an emergency shelter to temporarily house the unexpected influx.

The city housed roughly 100 people housed in that emergency shelter on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, 110 people were expected to sleep there, according to an update from the Denver Office of Emergency Management. But the Denver Rescue Mission said that is only a portion of the total number of immigrants, mostly from Venezuela, who arrived at the doors of the organization’s downtown shelter over a 48-hour period dating back to Monday night.

“Last night we housed approximately 50 people at our Lawrence Street downtown shelter,” Denver Rescue Mission spokesman Stephen Hinkel said Wednesday, referring to the facility located at the corner of Lawrence Street and Park Avenue West. “And then we transported 100 to the rec center.”

Despite earlier reports from city officials that the immigrants were bussed directly to the shelter, Hinkel said that it appears the people likely arrived at Union Station and then walked to the Rescue Mission several blocks away. Union Station is where the city’s main public bus terminal is located. Greyhound Lines also runs its bus routes out of the station.

“That is definitely where the busses were dropped off,” Hinkel said. “What we are assuming, based on our conversations with the immigrants, is they got off the buses and were looking for services and were directed to the Denver Rescue Mission’s front doors.”

The Regional Transportation District, which manages the Union Station bus terminal, was not aware of any immigrants arriving at Union Station by bus on Monday night or early Tuesday morning, spokeswoman Marta Sipeki said.

The terminal is closed from 12:30 to 4 a.m. daily for cleaning and it’s possible a bus may have dropped people off outside the property but none of the on-site security staff were aware of that happening. Private charter buses are not allowed in the bus terminal, Sipeki said.

The Denver Office of Emergency Management announced the activation of a city rec center as an emergency shelter on Twitter just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The city is not releasing the location of the emergency shelter due to security concerns and the sensitivity of the developing situation, according to a news release. The city plans to activate its Emergency Operations Center on Thursday to respond to the ongoing situation.

A steady stream of immigrants has been coming into Denver for the last two to three months but at a rate that the city’s shelter system could accommodate, Mikayla Ortega, a spokeswoman for the emergency management office said Wednesday. So many people arriving at once pushed the Rescue Mission beyond its limits requiring the city’s immediate help.

“They reached out to us and sent up the flag. ‘They said we need your help.’ That was yesterday morning,” Ortega said Wednesday. “That was when we activated the emergency shelter to accommodate the overload.”

The emergency management office shared a photo on Twitter of rows of cots set up in a gymnasium and stacks of bottled water for the people needing shelter. The immigrants arrived at that makeshift shelter around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Ortega said.

Through conversations with the immigrants, the city and Denver Rescue Mission staff has learned that most are from Venezuela. A majority are between the ages of 20 and 40 but there are at least one or two children in the group, according to Ortega.

“They all speak Spanish and they all have told us they are migrants,” Ortega said.

There is still much the city doesn’t know including where the immigrants came from before arriving in Denver.

“We are continuing to talk to them but their stories are not matching up on how they got here,” Ortega said. “I have to note there is a distrust in government. They are afraid.”

There is no timeline for how long the emergency shelter might operate while the city and its partners work to support the migrants. The Denver Rescue Mission is expecting to continue housing the 50 people who arrived at its downtown shelter Monday night.

“As far as what the plan is for the days and weeks ahead, that’s mostly a very fluid situation,” Hinkel said. “What we’re going to do at the Denver Rescue mission is continue to care for the immigrants as we have been there.”

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock called the people the city is sheltering refugees and asylum seekers in a statement Wednesday. He credited city staff and a network of service providers and partners for moving quickly to meet the group’s immediate needs.

“Our priority is the health and safety of all our residents, including those who are migrants, and we will do what we can to provide for their needs at this time, including uniting them with friends, family, jobs and transportation to other destinations,” Hancock said.

Denver is a sanctuary city for immigrants. In 2018, Hancock signed legislation that strengthened those protections. City laws and policies include barring city employees from asking about or sharing a person’s legal immigration status and barring federal immigration agents from talking to inmates in secure areas of city jails unless they have warrants.

Denver is working with about a half-dozen nonprofit organizations to support the migrants and their needs. The emergency shelter will be set up as long as is necessary to stabilize them, Ortega said.

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Date: December 7th, 2022 11:53 PM
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