Large sanctuary cities are feeling the pain from the massive influx of illegal immigrants into the country directly due to the actions of the Biden administration.
President Biden continues to deflect the poor policy decisions and tries to blame Congress for the massive illegal immigration numbers reported by the Border Patrol. The administration continues to fight in court with Texas over what the state can and can’t do, but now Democrat-run sanctuary cities have had enough.
New York City has incurred millions of dollars of costs associated with housing the migrants and continues to beg the federal government for help without any response. In Denver, they have felt the financial pain of housing migrants and has significantly drained their city of resources to the point where they have announced a plan to only allow six weeks of provided shelter before getting the boot to the streets.
NBC News reported that Denver “will limit the number of days migrants can stay in shelters and send those who exceed their stay out onto the streets,” by a February 5th deadline during the middle of winter.
“Just yesterday they started throwing away the toys, the bicycles in the common area. We don’t know where we will go next,” a Venezuelan family told NBC News regarding the change in policy.
According to Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D), the bills associated with the influx of illegal migrants into the city is over $100 million and the cities resources are completely depleted.
The Denver Public School system has seen 3,000 additional migrant children enter the school system in only six months. “We’ve gotten a lot of new kids really quickly, with a lot of needs. It’s been getting creative in a lot of spaces. It’s been bringing a lot of other departments in. And it’s been an adventure that we’re glad to be on,” said Adrienne Endres who is charge of the multilingual education for the district.
Dr. Steven Federico is a pediatrician and chief of government and community affairs for Denver Health and has pleaded with state and federal agencies for help. “I think it’s been an unheeded call so far in terms of who’s going to be responsible for the health care of this population. In the meantime, it falls on safety net hospitals like Denver Health.”