Posted on 02/12/2024 7:23:22 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a reduction in DMV and Parks & Recreation services Friday to help the city deal with the influx of migrants after the failure of a bipartisan immigration bill in Congress.
"This is a plan for shared sacrifice. This is what good people do in hard situations as you try to manage your way to serve all of your values. Our values are we want to continue to be a city that does not have women and children out on the street in tents in 20 degree weather," Johnston said in a Friday morning news conference.
There have been more than 40,000 newcomers in this city over the last year, according to Johnston.
Right now, the city has about 4,000 people in shelters, Johnston said. "About 80% of them are families and kids."
With a lack of support in Congress for the proposed immigration bill, "we will not have a likely reduction in number of folks that are crossing the border without access to work authorization. We'll have more folks who will arrive in Denver without a path to CBP One or a path to TPS, which means they don't have a path to work," Johnston said.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, along with the rest of the House's top GOP leaders, said in a joint statement Monday they were opposed to the legislation because “it fails in every policy area needed to secure our border and would actually incentivize more illegal immigration,” the Associated Press reported.
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“It stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there’s someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.” - Ayn Rand
Good luck with that.
Ayn sure had human nature pegged.
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I hate rats.
Mike Johnston has a goal. It won’t be easy because of the head start but Mike wants to catch up with San Francisco. I think that considering his policies, he can do it.
Shared sacrifice? Then the Mayor’s salary and benefits MUST BE REDUCED.
Those gubberment workers are just gonna love the layoffs.
Bet a buck they will all vote prog anyway.
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The DMV makes sense because illegals don’t need a drivers licence or vehicle registration.
Parks and Rec is problematic. If those aren’t well maintained, where will next summers crop of illegals be placed?
“ Right now, the city has about 4,000 people in shelters, Johnston said. “About 80% of them are families and kids.”
Did anyone in Denver invite the 4000 human cockroaches to come and live at the expense of the taxpayers in Colorado? Why not charge all registered Democrats a fee for supporting illegals immigrants.
Just stop the car emissions certification program.....duuuh
The dude’s a long time communist.
Hence, “shared sacrifice”.
Mike Coffman better not pull this crap in Aurora.
“It stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there’s someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.” - Ayn Rand
THAT is one Hell of a quote.
This is going to piss off a lot of people in Denver because if you have expired tags on your vehicle any tow truck outfit can just tell your car and you’re out couple hundred dollars. Isn’t socialism grand?
Sure, it’s not good to have women and children living in tents in 20-degree weather, but it got up to 70 in Matamoras, Mexico today. Just saying.
bttt
“”after the failure of a bipartisan immigration bill in Congress””
So.......if the Federal legislation had passed, taxpayers from all over the USA would be ‘sharing the sacrifice.’
Don’t be surprised if cuts to the police and fire departments are next. DemocRATS love to steal money, but will never ‘sacrifice’ from their own wallets.
“We’ll have more folks who will arrive in Denver...”
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