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Colorado sending more migrants to major US cities

January 3, 2023 Published by

Just In | The Hill 

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) plans on sending more migrants to cities like New York, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.  

Adams said that he was notified Monday that Colorado was sending more migrants to major U.S. cities like New York and Chicago.  

“This is just unfair for local governments to have to take on this national obligation,” Adams said during an interview with radio station WABC. “We’ve done our job. There is no more room at the inn.” 

Neither New York City Hall nor a spokesperson for Gov. Polis was able to provide details on when the migrants are set to arrive and just how many will be brought to the Big Apple.  

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) has yet to confirm if the city will receive migrants from Colorado.  

In a statement Tuesday, Gov. Polis said that his administration is working to help transport migrants since about 70 percent do not want to stay in Colorado.  

“In order to facilitate the safe and voluntary transit of people to their desired destinations, the state is working with culturally competent navigators to ensure that each individual is voluntarily making their own travel decision,” the governor said in the statement.  

Polis added in the statement that he recognizes the many migrants stopping in Colorado on their way to their final destination have been slowed down by transportation cancellations stemming from bad weather and workforce shortages.  

Many major U.S. cities including New York City have struggled to provide services to an influx of migrants from the southern border caused in part by the lifting of Title 42 which was scheduled to end on Dec. 21.

Last fall, Mayor Adams came under fire after a tent city on a beach in the Bronx for newly arrived migrants flooded.  

Adams has also been criticized for saying the new wave of asylum seekers was “undermining” New York City’s economy as it still tries to recover from the pandemic.  

Denver has also struggled to help a wave of migrants arriving in the Mile High City.  

The number of migrants and asylum-seekers from the southern border traveling to Denver reached at least 3,500 last month, according to a release from the City and Country of Denver.  

The months-long increase in migrants prompted Denver Mayor Michael Hancock to launch a state of emergency last month later asking the city’s Catholic Archdiocese for help.  

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