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DENVER The number of Central and South American migrants staying in Denver has reached record levels, with those numbers expected to continue growing over the next several weeks after lawmakers in Washington failed to reach a compromise before the holiday break to address the record number of arrivals from the southern border.

As of Friday morning, 3,822 migrants were staying in city shelters a 22% increase from the 3,135 migrants who were staying in city shelters on Oct. 13. Those numbers are expected to continue growing as hundreds more keep arriving each week as they flee widespread violence and economic instability in their home countries.

On Thursday alone, 9 buses from the southern border brought an additional 341 migrants to the citys Reception Center. In all, city officials said they expected Denver to receive about 100 buses just in December alone.

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The record-breaking pace at which migrants are arriving in Denver led Mayor Mike Johnston earlier this month to request the help of bilingual-speaking Denverites to work for the city to help with staffing shortages at these shelters.

"We were actually able to hire more than 200 people. Theyre coming in strong and were very thankful," said Jon Ewing with the citys Department of Human Services. "Even still, with the holidays and the sheer number of people coming in every day, staffing remains an issue. What we need is for that community support to continue into the new year because it is not slowing down."

Denver has received $3.5 million from the state of Colorado to help with the influx of migrants and the federal government has approved another $9 million in federal assistance to help with the response, according to city officials. An additional $1.6 million has been advanced by the Department of Homeland Security to help Denver, official said.

The latest figures from the city show Denver has supported 33,325 migrants from the southern border at a cost of more than $35 million.

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Here's how you can help refugees and immigrants coming to Denver

If youd like to help as the city responds to this migrant crisis, you can do so with donations either material or monetary. If opting for the former, the city is asking for the following items:

Those items can be dropped off at the following locations:

Community Ministry 1755 S. Zuni St. Denver, CO 80223 Monday - Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Para Ti Mujer 150 Sheridan Blvd. Suite 200 Lakewood, CO 8O226 Monday, Wednesday, or Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Colorado Changemakers Collective 12075 E. 45th Ave. Denver, CO 80239 Monday Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Before heading out the door though, please call ahead to ask about any specific instructions for drop-off.

If you want to donate your time, you can donate money to the Newcomers Fund.

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Robert Jenrick is right: the EUs New Pact on Migration and Asylum is not worth the paper its written on. The former immigration minister, who resigned earlier this month, is not the first European politician to rubbish the treaty, which was unveiled on Wednesday with much fanfare. Jordan Bardella, the president of the National Rally in France, said that his party willoppose with all our strength this mad project of organised submersion of Europe.

The Pact has been years in the making and according to Brussels involved intense discussions between the 27 Member States. When Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced details of the deal, she boasted that it means that Europeans will decide who comes to the EU and who can stay, not the smugglers. It means protecting those in need.

The Italian government, who this year have seen over 150,000 migrants land on their shores an increase of over 50,000 on 2022 also expressed their satisfaction with the pact.

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The EU isn't serious about tackling the migrant crisis - The Spectator

November saw nearly a quarter of a million migrant encounters at the southern border, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Friday, making it the third-busiest month of a migrant crisis that has smashed records and overwhelmed Border Patrol agents.

There were 242,418 migrant encounters at the southern border in November, including migrant encounters at ports of entry and illegal immigrant encounters by Border Patrol between ports of entry.

Its higher than the 235,173 encountered during Nov. 22, and is only behind September (269,735) and December 2022 (252,315) in terms of the number of migrants encountered. It is the highest November number on record.

Meanwhile, there were 17 apprehensions of people on the terror watch list in November.

MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS AT BORDER SOAR PAST THE 200K MARK IN DECEMBER, WITH OVER A WEEK STILL TO GO

It comes as Border Patrol has been dealing with increased numbers after a FY 23 that broke the record for encounters in a single fiscal year. Agents have been overwhelmed by a surge of migrants from across the globe in places like Lukeville, Arizona, and Eagle Pass, Texas.

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Monday saw a record 12,600 encounters, the highest recorded in a single day. CBP sources told Fox this week that December has already exceeded 200,000 encounters and could easily eclipse Novembers numbers given that agents are encountering 10,000+ a day.

Meanwhile, sources told Fox News on Friday that Border Patrol has released more than 386,000 illegal immigrants into the U.S. with Notices to Appear since Oct. 1. That does not include those released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and does not include migrants paroled into the U.S. via the CBP One app at ports of entry.

Republicans have blamed the crisis on Biden-era policies, including the rolling back of policies put in place by the Trump administration, and have passed legislation in the House to limit releases and increase border security. The Biden administration has said it needs more funding and its own sweeping legislation to fix a "broken" system and deal with a hemisphere-wide crisis. Meanwhile, it has said it is increasing consequences for illegal entry while expanding "lawful pathways."

In a statement, CBP said it had surged resources to respond to increases and is screening every individual encountered. It said that since May, over 400,000 individuals have been removed from the country.

"CBP continues to execute its important mission to protect the American people, safeguard our borders, and enhance the nations economic prosperity by implementing operational plans, surging personnel and decompressing areas along the southwest border while processing and vetting migrants who are encountered humanely, safely, and efficiently, consistent with our laws. We are facing a serious challenge along the southwest border and CBP and our federal partners need more resources from Congress as outlined in the supplemental budget request to enhance border security and Americas national security." acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller said in a statement. "Despite ongoing challenges, in November, the men and women of CBP continued their tireless work and recorded increased seizures of illegal narcotics while facilitating lawful trade and increased holiday travel."

The White House this week had appeared to downplay the crisis, saying that such increases in numbers are "not unusual."

5,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS RELEASED EVERY DAY INTO US, ADMIN OFFICIALS PRIVATELY TELL LAWMAKERS

"What were seeing here at the border, the increased migration flow, certainly, it ebbs and flows. And were at a time of the year where were seeing more at the border. And its not unusual. This is an immigration system that has been broken for decades. And the president has taken this very seriously to try to do more. Thats why we have the comprehensive immigration policy legislation that the president put forth on day one," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

Negotiations are ongoing in Congress for the White Houses supplemental funding request, which includes $14 billion for border operations. Republicans have demanded limits on asylum and restrictions on the use of parole. President Biden has said he is open to "significant compromises" but so far a deal has not been reached, despite optimism from lawmakers.

Meanwhile, the administration continues to face pressure from state and local officials at the border and elsewhere in the U.S. Mayors of sanctuary cities like Chicago and New York City have demanded more funding to help them deal with the massive numbers of migrants they have seen come to their cities and that have strained their social services.

Last week, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced that she was mobilizing the National Guard to help federal officials and attempt to reopen the Lukeville port of entry, while accusing the federal government of inaction.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, has expanded his transports of migrants to "sanctuary" cities by flying migrants into Chicago. He also signed an immigration bill this week to allow law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants in an attempt to stop what he called a "tidal wave" of illegal immigration.

Meanwhile, the Border Patrol union made clear agents' displeasure with the way the crisis is being handled.

"While our agents are more than willing to sacrifice the holidays to protect fellow Americans, thats not what they will be doing," National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said on Friday. "They will be processing the illegal border crossers for release into the U.S. while large parts of the border will be left wide open to exploitation by organized crime. These will not be happy holidays for the hard working men and women of the Border Patrol."

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LUKEVILLLE, Ariz. (KGUN) Two weeks ago, Customs and Border Protection closed the Lukeville Port of Entry to focus resources on processing the thousands of migrants gathered at the Southern Arizona border.

On Friday, this prompted Governor Katie Hobbs to order the Arizona National Guard to the border.

Even as additional resources are deployed to handle the effects of the migrant crisis, there is not an extra layer of personnel standing at the border to process migrants.

Gov. Hobbs' executive order specifies the National Guard is to augment and support local law enforcement and the Arizona Department of Public Safety, separate entities than the federally-run Customs and Border Protection.

At this point, it is unclear where the guardsmen are helping address the crisis or how. A spokesperson for the Arizona National Guard tells KGUN 9 this information is not releasable at this time.

The CBP has not commented on Gov. Hobbs deployment of the National Guard.

Monday saw more manageable migrant numbers at the border wall near Lukeville, but dozens of families and single adults from several countries including Guatemala and Senegal remained.

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Dec 22, 2023, 12:01amUpdated 1d ago

More than 100,000 migrantshave arrived in New York City in the past year.The city says its resources are maxed out. Some say it may take divine intervention to solve this crisis.

One of our enduring values is that we welcome the stranger, that we see whats sacred in each other and respond with compassion to our neighbors who are vulnerable, Bishop Matthew Heyd told News 12 New York.

Heyd is one of the leaders asking the city to consider contracts with some of the thousands of local faith-based organizations.Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is also involved in the push.She says the organizations would contract with the city at a rate of $74 a night.

Housing someone in a hotel, which is what the city is mostly doing, costs over $300 a night. You add that up, ifwe were to move folks to faith-based institutions, the city would save $543 million at least, she said. Organizers tell News 12 New York that one hurdle has been getting the historical buildings up to New York City fire code, as somedonthave sprinklers. City Hall told News 12 in a statement:

We are working to bring more interested houses of worship into full FDNY and DOB compliance as the safety of asylum seekers is always our top priority.

Quinn says theresa simple solution.

The answer to the lack of sprinklers is to have a fire warden be on the floor.Someone whosconstantly watching to see whatsgoing on, she said.

The program has been rolled out to about 50 faith-based organizations so far with 15 beds each.Leaders are asking the city to increase that number to 5,000 migrants. Our faith communities are safe and comfortable places,and we think that we can extend that to our newest New Yorkers. People fleeing danger from wherever they are from, Heyd added.

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Faith leaders ask NYC to contract faith-based organizations to help with migrant crisis - News 12 Bronx