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Some Colorado communities scramble to help migrants, others “do not want to be Denver” as crisis spreads

Hundreds of residents crowd last-minute meeting in Lakewood to urge against sanctuary policies

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo speaks during an emergency citizens' meeting to discuss immigration in Lakewood on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo speaks during an emergency citizens’ meeting to discuss immigration in Lakewood on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 2:  Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Last week’s hastily arranged meeting in an office park near the Colorado Mills shopping center was the latest convulsion amid an ongoing and unprecedented migrant crisis in neighboring Denver, where nearly 40,000 new arrivals to the city have been processed over the last 13 months at a cost of more than $42 million.
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