Since December 2022, more than 39,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have shown up in Denver. At one point, the crisis cost the city $15 million per month.
The city will cut back hours, services and new hires at its Denver Motor Vehicle Division and Parks & Rec department to continue helping migrants, for which some say "sorry."
The state asked cities to use discretion in issuing citations to cars with expired plates. Denver still ticketed 2,933 cars in 3 days
Denver will void nearly 3,000 tickets after 9NEWS asked questions about why the city was ticketing cars while the DMV still had a long backlog. Author: Marc Sallinger (9 News) Published: 10:02 PM MST February 4, 2021 Updated: 10:02 PM MST February 4, 2021
DENVER The City of Denver says it went forward with issuing thousands of tickets to cars with expired license plates, even after the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles told law enforcement about its backlog and asked them to use discretion in issuing citations. It wasn’t until after 9NEWS raised questions about how many tickets were being issued that the city says it became aware of the situation and changed its policy.