Monday, 150 people will be discharged when the city resumes enforcing length-of-stay policies. Hundreds more will be kicked out in the coming weeks.
DENVER — Denver’s policies to welcome and support migrants have led the city to a point where there is no more money and no more space.
Advocates for migrants say the city should close its doors to new arrivals as Denver prepares to start discharging families who’ve been living in shelters for months.
“This is where we are. It’s not going to be easy,” said Yoli Casas, Director of Vive Wellness. “It is going to be a huge challenge.”
If there is one person who knows the challenges of 40,000 migrants arriving in Denver, it’s Casas. She runs Vive Wellness, leading the efforts by nonprofits to help people who’ve arrived here from the southern border.
As the city prepares to resume discharging migrant families from shelters Monday, she’s still trying to …