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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- New details person emerged astir the way that led a radical of migrants to Fresno.
19 Venezuelan migrants are present astir 4 1000 miles from their homeland.
"We can't beryllium successful Venezuela. There is corruption, there's nary work, nary employment, oregon options to study," said 1 anonymous asylum seeker.
Right now, they're calling Fresno home.
Action News spoke to immoderate of the men connected Monday day extracurricular their impermanent shelter.
They didn't privation to amusement their faces connected camera, but they told america they were looking for work.
"We came this mode to person thing amended and assistance our household get up successful life," the asylum seeker continues.
In El Paso, the radical had 3 options: Chicago, Denver, oregon New York.
They each chose the 10-hour autobus thrust to Denver, wherever they stayed successful a structure overnight for respective weeks, but the acold wintertime upwind was unbearable.
So, they decided to travel to Fresno.
Some of the archetypal migrants arrived 3 weeks ago.
"We person been surviving successful the streets with hunger. We haven't had clothes," the anonymous asylum seeker mentioned.
The City of Fresno is coordinating with the region and respective nonprofits to assistance retired the migrants.
It's a communicative the City of Denver is each excessively acquainted with.
On Monday, Action News reached retired to Denver City Officials, and we asked them if they program connected sending much migrants to Fresno.
"At the extremity of the day, if they requested the summons to spell to Fresno successful Denver. We're gonna bargain them the summons to get there," explained John Ewing with the City of Denver's Public Health.
"I sympathize with the folks successful Fresno. I truly do. 16 radical amusement up. They're asking for help, intelligibly needed help. You cognize they request support. You're caught disconnected guard."
Denver has served implicit 38,000 asylum seekers since December of 2022. 100 arrived connected Sunday alone.
"Now you cognize what we're doing with present is unsustainable stuff. It's outgo america much than $40 cardinal already. We're looking astatine a 10% to 15% fund chopped for this year, $180 cardinal perchance retired of our budget," said John.
Action News reached retired to Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer astir Denver's argumentation connected sending migrants to different cities.
In a connection to Action News, Mayor Dyer wrote:
"'I find it precise troubling that immoderate authorities entity would transport those entering our state unlawfully to different jurisdiction. Using payer dollars to vessel asylum seekers to different parts of the federation is an maltreatment of powerfulness and a misuse of payer dollars. Simply shameful."
Back successful Denver, the metropolis says they're presently sheltering 4,000 people, making it hard to adjacent conscionable springiness a heads-up to cities wherever migrants are headed.
"There are nary resources disposable to springiness a heads up. Call each azygous metropolis that we woody with. Didn't we bargain a autobus summons for each azygous day? That would beryllium an intolerable task," explained John.
Denver officials are besides asking for enactment astatine the Federal level due to the fact that cities similar theirs oregon Fresno tin lone bash truthful much.
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