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Michael Johnston: “We had encampments larger than anything we've ever seen in…”

Featuring: Michael Johnston, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Denver | Colorado

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Full interview Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on 'sanctuary city' hearing

Published | Video Starts at 07:31

And I'm really proud of what Denver's done. I mean, the big facts are, I mean, a year ago we had 5,000 people in shelter. We had encampments larger than anything we've ever seen in the city before of migrants on the streets. Today, we've closed every single one of those aid shelters. We don't have a single encampment of migrants on the streets. (07:31–07:37)

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Asserts that Denver had unprecedentedly large migrant encampments on the streets.

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