Weren’t we told that illegals are a net economic benefit, not a drain? Anyhow, shouldn’t the Democrat voters in Denver (the county, which is small, went 79.6% for Biden in 2020) be donating lots of their own money, and, heck, homes, to support the illegals?
Denver to close migrant shelters in effort to save $60 million amid budget deficit
On the heels of cuts to city services to address a multi-million-dollar budget deficit in part due to the city’s ongoing response to the migrant crisis, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Wednesday announced the upcoming closure of four migrant shelters he says will save Denver around $60 million in costs in the 2024 budget.
With the change in the city’s strategy to address the crisis, Johnston said more work will be done to find additional cuts.
“That means the $180 million deficit that we were facing is now closer to $120 million. That still leaves us $120 million of cuts to make,” said Johnston during a press conference. “So that means we still have work to do.”
Johnston said the city will close one migrant shelter a week over the next four weeks.
In addition to the shelter closings, Johnston said the city’s reinstatement of the length of stay program at shelters several weeks ago resulted in around 2,500 people leaving those shelters, which he said, cut the nightly shelter population by around 90 percent.
So, just 4 shelters cost $60 million? That’s absurd. What kind of idiocy are they doing to cost that money? Further, now that Sanctuary City Denver is booting them, where are they going? Supposedly, around 50% have found other shelter. Who’s paying for it? Even if illegals have work authorization, no way they can afford shelter. And, what kind? A lot of places require deposits and credit checks.
Wednesday’s press conference comes after Aurora’s City Council this week approved by a 7-3 vote a resolution effectively halting city support of migrants and people experiencing homelessness.
“We are bringing forward a resolution to let cities know that they’re not allowed to bus migrants into our community without us knowing,” said Councilman Steve Sundberg during Monday’s vote. “We want to simply let our residents know that although we are empathetic towards the plight of such folks, we cannot host them out of pure reality and our financial situation.”
Aurora didn’t ask for the problem, do not want the problem, and refuse to support the problem
During Wednesday’s press conference, Mayor Johnston addressed Aurora’s actions.
“First of all, it’s false that we’re sending them to Aurora. Second of all, I’d say history is pretty clear on this. There’s a long history of cities in this country over centuries who bet on being anti-immigrant in their economic strategies, and look and see how those cities have done,” said Johnston. “Those cities have been on the losing side of history and every single moment and there have been other cities that have been welcoming,”
Wrapping up the press conference, Mayor Johnston added: “Denver has been and will be the most vibrant city in the state for decades to come. And it will be that way because it will be a place that’s welcoming to folks who want to come and help build into something better. We will bet our future on that,” said Johnston. “But if folks want to bet their future on closing their doors, we’ll see who wins.”
Hey, Johnson, you’re the ones who invited the illegals by being a sanctuary city, and the ones kicking them out of shelters. Oh, and spending oodles of taxpayer money on them. And you should be happy, because you are a sanctuary city.
There have been a few, few! well-meaning liberals who have done just that, opened their homes to the ‘migrants.’ The only stories I have seen on this were in the very blue northeast, and nothing bad has happened . . . yet!
But the northeast has some of the stricter eviction laws, and if a family of ‘migrants’ doesn’t like being told that they’re time is up, and they need to leave someone’s $800,000 home, they will have recourse to the courts, doubtlessly helped pro bono by some idiot organization like the SPLC, to delay any eviction, for months on end.