The Denver City Council’s Finance and Governance Committee approved plans to cut police funding to finance the migrant crisis that is costing the Democratic-led city an estimated $89.9 million.
The finance committee determined Tuesday that $41 million in cuts to several city services would be needed to house migrants, KDVR reported.
The police department is expected to see budget cuts of $8.4 million, the sheriff’s office by $3.8 million and the fire department by $2.4 million.
Progressive sanctuary city Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled the budget proposal last week, allocating $89.9 million to help new undocumented migrants, whom he refers to as “new arrivals.”
The amount will come from about $45 million used for public programs and services, with the rest coming from citywide budget cuts.
Denver City Council’s Finance and Governance Committee approved plans to defund the police to fund the migrant crisis
Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled the budget proposal last week, allocating $89.9 million to help new undocumented immigrants.
The police department is expected to face $8.4 million in budget cuts to help house the city’s migrants.
“After more than a year together facing this crisis, Denver finally has a sustainable plan to treat our newcomers with dignity while avoiding the worst cuts to city services,” Johnston said at the conference. press on “Operations for new arrivals and the 2024 budget”.
“We were often told that we could not be compassionate while remaining financially responsible. Today is proof that our toughest challenges can still be solved and that together, we will solve them.
The proposed budget cuts will now be put to a vote by the full city council on April 22 and, if passed, could take effect on May 10.
Denver plans to spend $89.9 million on various migrant assistance programs in 2024, including $3 million for “program administration”, $51.7 million for “Shelter and Housing”, 9, $7 million for “Support Services,” $9.5 million for “One-time Capital Costs.” and $10 million for “Contingency.”
“It’s kind of crazy how much of an insult this is to the people of Colorado. You have money for migrants, but meanwhile the homeless have destroyed downtown and every piece of infrastructure needs attention,” Spencer Davis said on Facebook.
“What about our local homeless, veterans who really need help,” Michele Santi said.
“Put that $89 million into schools instead,” Quin Williams said.
Colorado’s capital is inundated with new migrants crossing the border, while the city is already on the brink in terms of resources.
According to the city’s migrant shelter dashboard, 78 migrants were housed in short-term shelters and 710 in hotels as of Thursday.
With more than 40,000 arrivals in 2023 alone, the influx of migrants has contributed to a total migrant population of around 710,000 people in the city.
Denver has already spent more than $42 million on migrant housing and medical services in 2023 and plans to exceed $100 million for similar spending in 2024.
According to the city’s migrant shelter dashboard, 78 migrants were housed in short-term shelters and 710 in hotels as of Thursday.
With more than 40,000 arrivals in 2023 alone, the influx of migrants has contributed to a total migrant population of around 710,000 people in the city.
In response, Denver has already spent more than $42 million on migrant housing and medical services in 2023 and plans to exceed $100 million for similar spending in 2024.
City official Andres Carrea recently urged migrant families to settle in other sanctuary cities like New York and Chicago, warning them that lack of resources in Colorado would make them “suffer.”
“The opportunities are over,” Carrera told new arrivals at a migrant shelter in Spanish. “New York gives you more. Chicago offers you more. So I suggest you go where there is longer term shelter. There are also more job opportunities there.
In the footage, Carerra tells the crowd that Denver has “welcomed too many migrants” and has since run out of resources.
City official Andres Carrea recently urged migrant families to settle in other sanctuary cities like New York and Chicago.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been sending migrants from the Mexican border to Democratic-run sanctuary cities like Denver for more than a year.
“If you stay here you will suffer even more and I don’t want to see that,” he said.
Carerra then claims that authorities will buy migrants tickets “to any city.” We can take you to the Canadian border, anywhere!’
The migrants in the video were bused to Denver on March 26, according to a city spokesperson, as part of an effort coordinated by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Abbott has been sending migrants from the Mexican border to Democratic-run sanctuary cities for more than a year in an effort to incite mass anger over the Biden administration’s border policies.
As of March, there were a total of 1,340,801 crossings at the Southwest land border for fiscal year 2024, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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