Aurora Colorado Apartments Offered Easy Target for Nonprofit-Driven Migrant ‘Takeover’

Two publicly funded Denver nonprofits — ViVe Wellness and Organization Papagayo — chose to move thousands of Venezuelan migrants, including some members of the violent Tren de Aragua street gang, into run-down apartment complexes in nearby Aurora precisely because those buildings were poorly managed.

In an email to Aurora City councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, obtained by National Review, Jessica Prosser, the director of Housing and Community Development for Aurora, says she learned that ViVe and Papagayo were moving migrants into Aurora through conversations with three city, state, and county offices, including the Colorado Office of New Americans (ONA) and the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA). The state and local officials explained that three apartment complexes run by CBZ management were chosen to house the illegal immigrants because the property managers failed to do basic due diligence on their tenants.

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Tracy Wolfer Osborne

Tracy Wolfer Osborne is a freelance journalist and former newspaper editor. Her work has been published in the Anchorage Press, Front Porch of NE Denver, and National Review. She lives in Denver with her husband, three children, and elderly dog.

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Two publicly funded Denver nonprofits — ViVe Wellness and Organization Papagayo — chose to move thousands of Venezuelan migrants, including some members of the violent Tren de Aragua street gang, into run-down apartment complexes in nearby Aurora precisely because those buildings were poorly managed.

In an email to Aurora City councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, obtained by National Review, Jessica Prosser, the director of Housing and Community Development for Aurora, says she learned that ViVe and Papagayo were moving migrants into Aurora through conversations with three city, state, and county offices, including the Colorado Office of New Americans (ONA) and the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA). The state and local officials explained that three apartment complexes run by CBZ management were chosen to house the illegal immigrants because the property managers failed to do basic due diligence on their tenants.

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About the Author

Tracy Wolfer Osborne

Tracy Wolfer Osborne is a freelance journalist and former newspaper editor. Her work has been published in the Anchorage Press, Front Porch of NE Denver, and National Review. She lives in Denver with her husband, three children, and elderly dog.