In Denver, the number of migrants arriving has increased tenfold and available space to shelter them has withered.
With fewer available work authorizations, these migrants cannot find work that would allow them to get into proper housing.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, who is leading the coalition, said nearly every conversation he has had with arriving migrants is the same: Can he help them find a job, they ask.
He is increasingly under fire from members of his own party who are managing the growing number of migrants in their cities.
“Our cities need additional resources that far exceed the amount proposed in order to properly care for the asylum seekers entering our communities," the mayors' letter says.
Persons:
Joe Biden, Mike Johnston, ” Johnston, Biden, Johnston, Eric Adams, Karen Bass, Brandon Johnson, Chicago, Sylvester Turner, Houston
Organizations:
WASHINGTON, Democratic, The Associated Press, Denver, Republicans, Republican
Locations:
Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York, In New York, U.S, Mexico, United States, New York, “, Los Angeles