from The National Pulse:
Denver’s economic challenges continue to mount as the Democrat-controlled ‘sanctuary city’ struggles with increasing numbers of illegal immigrants. Within a little over a year, the city council has seen costs for feeding its illegal population surge. In December 2023, the city allocated $100,000 for a contract to provide food for its illegal aliens. By January of 2024, the food costs had increased to $475,000. Last month, the city had to pay an additional $450,000 in food costs, with another $500,000 expected to come due in June.
In total, the city has spent around $1.4 million in taxpayer dollars on the feeding of its illegal alien population. With almost 40,000 migrants arriving in the past year in response to Denver’s sanctuary city status, the city’s budgetary stress is reaching crisis levels.
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The increased contract costs come as Denver is wrestling with a nearly $60 million budget deficit — exacerbated by the financial demands of offering food, shelter, and additional services to arriving migrants. Mayor Mike Johnston stated that to retain the existing services for illegal immigrants, taxpayers could face costs upwards of $100 million over the forthcoming year.
Denver has obtained some aid from the state and federal government, including a $3.5 million reimbursement from Colorado’s state government and a $1.6 million federal advance from the Biden government’s Department of Homeland Security. An additional $12.2 million in potential federal reimbursements is currently under review.
Democrat-controlled ‘sanctuary cities’ across the country have come under increasing fiscal strain from growing illegal immigrant populations. While many have turned to the Biden government for federal aid, New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, has pushed to end the Big Apple’s status as a ‘sanctuary city.’
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