The city of Denver is asking to house some immigrant children who have overwhelmed border facilities in recent months.
Denver Human Services has requested federal grant money to house some of the unaccompanied minors, KUSA-TV/9News reported.
The city is applying for a grant that would be used to convert its 54-bed residential treatment facility, called the Family Crisis Center, into housing for immigrant children.
The facility has bedrooms, classrooms and a dining hall.
“It would be perfect,” said Denver Department of Human Services spokeswoman Ana Mostaccero.
The federal government has struggled to find communities willing to house the immigrant children from Mexico and Central America.
Protests have greeted attempts to resettle immigrant children in California and Arizona.
Mostaccero said she was not aware of any discussions about potential pushback in Denver.
“We have not,” Mostaccero said. “Because it’s not something that’s happened yet, it’s just an application.”
