Authorities in Denver, Colorado, are pleading with local landowners to take in illegal immigrants as the sanctuary city’s shelters are filling up with all the “newcomers.”
Mayor Mike Johnston’s (D) office announced in an emergency declaration on February 28 that four of the city’s seven migrant hotel shelters would be closed by early April. announcementsaid people staying in those facilities would be “relocated.”
At the time, the city did not say specifically where the unhoused migrants would be moved.
Now, Denver Human Services is asking private property owners to address the overflow.
“We reached out to every landlord we had connections with,” said John Ewing, president of the department. Said Fox 31. “Basically, listen, we’re going to have some newcomers who need housing.”
“We have a rent cap, which is $2,000,” Ewing added.
The welfare official also said that the city has so far been able to grant work permits to 1,300 illegal immigrants.
“This is a big step,” he said.
Venezuelan migrants wait in line to obtain documents allowing them to enter a shelter at an immigration processing center in Denver, Colorado, on May 9, 2023. (Helen H. Richardson/Media News Group/Denver Post via Getty)
The move to divert migrants from city-run shelters and into rental properties began after Mayor Johnston criticized Senate Republicans. shot down a bill that would have provided $5 billion to support Cities across the United States are filled with immigrants
“I came here because of the devastating impact of the Republican leadership in the Legislature’s failure to pass a change of government this week and the impact it will have on both the city’s budget and the services it can provide to newcomers to the city. “Just to talk a little bit about the impact. City,” he complained at a Feb. 9 press conference.
Johnston, who has already received aid for 35,000 undocumented immigrants, said Denverites are “waiting for the sacrifices” as the city makes “budget cuts” to help the migrants “we know will continue to arrive.” He added that they must come up with a “plan together.”
The constant waves of migrants flooding into cities are straining shelter capacity as well as health systems.
Approximately 8,000 illegal immigrants will visit Denver health facilities a total of 20,000 times in 2023, Fox News report.
As Denver’s immigration crisis spills over into the surrounding area, the small town of Monument’s council recently unanimously Breitbart News reported that this was to officially confirm that it was a non-sanctuary.
“The goal is for the city of Denver to understand that we will not accept immigrants on buses into our community,” Mayor Mitch LaKind said. “The main reason is that we don’t have a budget that matches their budget, and they use taxpayer funds to support what they have decided to undertake as a self-declared sanctuary city. Don’t do it.”
The monument vote came shortly after Johnston’s announcement on NBC in January. Meet the press now Denver is expected to “reach a threshold where it can no longer manage the influx,” and immigrants could be expelled.
