A bus of about 50 migrants, including some asylum seekers and many children, arrived in Denver from El Paso, Texas, Friday who are temporarily staying at a short-term shelter run by local nonprofit organizations with help from the city. via bayanwang
The migrants arrived Friday morning at the faith-based facility in west Denver. The group of migrants entered the U.S. through the border at El Paso over the past week or two and had been staying at the Annunciation House, a volunteer organization that helps migrants, immigrants and refugees in El Paso, according to Jennifer Piper, the program director with the American Friends Service Committee. Annunciation House contracted the bus, Piper said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection had released the group to Annunciation House after they were processed by border patrol, according to Piper. She said that the Title 42 policy, which prevents migrants from entering the U.S. and applying for asylum, led the group to cross the border outside a port of entry and be picked up by border patrol agents.
“This is a voluntary situation. So, we as nonprofits agreed to host folks from another nonprofit. This has nothing to do with governors or politics, or arguing over what our immigration policy should be,” Piper said in an interview. “This is about sharing in welcoming people who are already let into the United States.”
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