Posted on 02/28/2024 4:33:35 PM PST by Libloather
A cash-strapped Colorado city signaled it would not support any more migrants shipped to the Denver suburb from around the country — with one official stressing, “We just don’t have the money.”
The Aurora City Council approved a resolution 7-3 that made clear the city of close to 400,000 people would not provide housing or other resources to migrants, as well as homeless people, who are bused to the district, the Denver Post reported.
The action came the same week that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boasted about sending about 16,500 migrants from the Lone Star State to Denver, which is a sanctuary city just next to Aurora.
“This is not about not supporting our immigrant community, this is about a crisis that has affected major cities,” Councilwoman Francois Bergan said during Monday’s meeting.
“It’s not to be divisive, it’s just reality. We just don’t have the money.”
The resolution affirmed that Aurora remained a non-sanctuary city and the city does “not currently have the financial capacity to fund new services related to this crisis and demands that other municipalities and entities do not systematically transport migrants or people experiencing homelessness.”
The resolution also called on the federal government to “perform its constitutional duty” and secure the border.
Another Councilwoman, Angela Lawson, said the resolution was about “being fiscally responsible,” noting the city would be forced to cut service as they struggle to help the homeless population that lives in Aurora.
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During the meeting, the council discussed a potential resolution using terms other than “sanctuary city” to convey that immigrants are welcome.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/politics/city-council-tries-to-define-auroras-sanctuary-city-status/73-426097061
So they still are virtue signaling to illegals from one side of their mouth, but on the other side of their mouth saying they are shutting down services because they have no money.
abbott needs to focus on chicago
in time for the convention
Ok, but first he needs to send 10 busses to Aurora
And what makes Denver think that Texas and Arizona have the money to take in migrants?
So where will Denver bus the overflow migrants that they cannot afford? California?
From Jan 1 this year with Texas tightening up, 27,000 Chinese came into SDS illegally, not including those from other countries.......Fox News.
Abbott needs to send them more buses so they can all feel the love from Biden’s illegals.
if they need more money for illegals then they should just raise taxes. the democrat voters who put these fine politicians in office won’t have a problem with that.
Double down and send even more. That is what they deserve for trying to take Trump out of the election.
Keep sending them.
Back during the great depression, Herbert Hoover ordered the deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to American citizens that desperately needed work.
Harry Truman deported over two million illegal aliens after WWII to create jobs for Returning veterans.
In 1954 Dwight Eisenhower deported 13 million Mexicans. The program was called Operation Wetback. It was done so WWII and Korean War veterans would have a better chance at jobs. It took two years, but they deported them!
Aurora can send them to nearby Denver. Their voting habits indicate they haven’t had enough.
Hizzoner should take a page from Ft. Collins history and hold a “Dan’s Bake Sale Pt. 2”
“We just don’t have the money.”
When has that cold hard reality EVER stopped a Democrat?
There are plenty of citizens to rob. And these cities don’t mind the illegals. They just want the free money from Chomo Joe.
The illegals can just steal what they need to survive. No need for services.
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