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Migrants Search For Work After Arriving In Colorado

Emergency shelters have been created by the City of Denver to provide the new arrivals with a place to sleep.

A sign along Colfax Avenue indicates it as a day labor pick-up spot.
A sign along Colfax Avenue indicates it as a day labor pick-up spot. (CBS)

Hundreds of migrants have arrived in Colorado over the past few months, with dozens arriving in Denver and the surrounding metro area. Those from Venezuela are no different, searching for a chance at work.

"It is a little difficult. It's hard. But something always comes through. Not much, but there are jobs. Thank God," one man said translated from Spanish.

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