Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced over the weekend his state would no longer charter buses of migrants to NYC and Chicago, a process that had irked the mayors of both cities and led to a public war of words among the three Democrats last week.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis pledged to stop the chartered buses, but it remained unclear how many migrants would still make the trek from Colorado. | David Zalubowski/AP PhotoNEW YORK — Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced over the weekend his state would no longer charter buses of migrants to New York City and Chicago, a process that had irked the mayors of both cities and led to a public war of words among the three Democrats last week.
In an interview with POLITICO last week, Polis said that Denver had seen a backlog of asylum seekers who had arrived from the southern border and became stranded in the Mile High City during last month’s historic winter storm. While he said that Colorado had been assisting migrants with travel to their final destinations for weeks prior, the flow of asylum seekers spiked as the backlog was being cleared.
While Polis pledged to stop the chartered buses, his spokesperson said they would continue to help asylum seekers on an individual basis should they want to reach cities beyond Denver. While representatives for Lightfoot did not immediately comment, a spokesperson for Adams said that the end of the charter buses was welcome news.
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