As previously decided, the town of Carbondale will gradually be reducing its immigrant services over the next two months, according to a Thursday news release from the town of Carbondale. Beginning March 8, the town.
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Carbondale trustees met on Tuesday to discuss future plans for their response to the roughly 150 migrant newcomers from Venezuela. Starting last November, the town’s migrant aid has consisted of finding and opening two temporary.
Local nonprofit Voces Unidas de las Montañas in early November discovered about 80 adult migrants living under a bridge in Carbondale; that number has grown to about 150 people and now includes families with children.
An influx of Venezuelan migrants to Carbondale that received national attention has prompted state legislators to authorize $5 million in emergency funding to support local efforts across the state to aid migrants.