Tens of millions of dollars have been spent on giveaways to Joe Biden’s illegal border crossers in Colorado, according to recent polls, making illegal immigration a top election issue.
A statewide poll of Colorado voters shows Joe Biden’s border crisis weighs heavily on Coloradans’ minds.
poll, carried out The Colorado Polling Institute asked 632 potential voters in the Centennial State what the most important issues in the 2024 election are. denver gazette report.
Illegal immigration topped the list in the poll, with 14% of those surveyed saying it was the most important issue. Homelessness came in second at 12 percent. But homelessness often goes hand in hand with an influx of illegal immigrants.
People pack up and prepare to leave at the largest migrant campground on 27th Street between Zuni Street and Olcott Street on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. The City Council allocated $300,000 to help immigrant families from the campground with living expenses. first month’s rent. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post, Getty Images)
“The rise of immigration as a top issue among Colorado voters is consistent with trends seen nationally,” said Republican pollster Lori Weigel of New Bridge Strategy. “
“Given the number of new arrivals to Denver, it is no surprise that our survey finds that 66% of respondents in the Denver metropolitan area consider this issue to be a crisis or major issue. “No, but even in other parts of the state, 57% say the same,” Weigel added.
Indeed, Weigel is right. A recent Harvard-Harris University national poll found that immigration is the top issue heading into the 2024 election.
Additionally, 51% of Colorado pollsters said the state’s resources are being “overwhelmed” by the influx of illegal aliens.
Denver has been engulfed in Joe Biden’s sea of illegal immigration, with more than 40,000 people arriving in the city since last year, and about $63 million in tax dollars to provide migrants with housing, food, clothing, medical care and more. It is spent to provide for the cost of legal care. , education etc.
of official gazette It also notes that federal authorities have only reimbursed the city of Denver for $14 million, leaving the city’s taxpayers on the hook for the majority of these expenses.
Denver authorities are so preoccupied that some have been caught on video pleading with migrants to turn around and abandon their plans to remain in Denver.
On Wednesday, Andres Carrera, the city of Denver’s recently appointed “new public relations officer,” was seen on video recorded at one of the city’s main evacuation shelters being sent to Chicago or New York City at the city’s expense. He was seen pleading with migrants to go on the trip.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is also trying to stop illegal immigrants from coming to Denver in the first place.
Last October, Mr. Johnston sent city officials to several Texas border towns to hand out fliers urging immigrants to skip Denver because the city was full and there was no room for illegal aliens. I let it happen.
But Colorado’s law acts as a draw, even as officials plead with migrants not to travel to the Centennial state.
The Colorado Polling Association poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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