Report: Denver mayor spent $356 million on services for MIGRANTS

12/05/2024 / By Ramon Tomey

Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has spent a whopping $356 million in taxpayer money on migrants, a new report has revealed.

The report was penned by the Colorado-based Common Sense Institute (CSI), a nonpartisan research organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the American economy. CSI recently released an updated version of its report, which is based on data from the city government.

According to the CSI, the $356 million constitutes eight percent of the city’s $4.4 billion budget for 2025. Education for the children of illegals comprises the biggest portion of the $365 million, with the rest covering healthcare, accommodation, transport and childcare.

“The total cost to Denver metro schools related to new migrant students is $228 million annually, which would equate to one to two percent of the total state K-12 education budget for the 2024-2025 academic year,” the CSI report said.

As per the Times of India, approximately 45,000 migrants have entered the Denver metropolitan area since December 2022. Of this number, 16,197 migrant students have joined local schools.

“Previous CSI reporting estimated the per-student cost of instruction and support in the Denver metro to be $14,100 per year,” reported the Times of India. “Assuming this cost across all recent migrant students totals $228 million.”

The report also pointed out that Denver’s healthcare system has reached critical capacity. CSI wrote: “With 16,760 [migrant] visits to Denver metro emergency departments from December 2022 to the present, providers would have delivered [$49 million] of uncompensated care to migrants.”

According to the report, Denver’s peak migrant influx in January led to projected spending of $180 million through 2024, though actual expenditure tracking by the city shows approximately $79 million.

The report continued: “Of the total, 34.5 percent has been spent on facilities including hotels; 29.4 percent on personnel; 14 percent on services; and 11 percent on food.” (Related: Denver publishes guide on how other cities can turn themselves into migrant sanctuaries using taxpayer dollars.)

Sanctuary city Denver at odds with border czar Tom Homan

“As a sanctuary city, Denver neither enforces immigration law nor collaborates with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents,” the Times of India noted. “Under the Biden-Harris administration, Denver has experienced an unprecedented migrant influx, leading Johnston to reduce city services – including recreation center operations and spring flower bed installations – while accessing contingency funds.”

Denver’s status as a sanctuary for illegals has put it at odds with border czar Tom Homan. The former acting ICE director has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to implement his border security and mass deportation plans. During an appearance on Fox News, Homan told the network’s Sean Hannity that he was more than glad to put Johnston behind bars.

“All he has to do is look at Arizona v. U.S., and he would see he’s breaking the law,” said Homan, referencing the decision reaffirming the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration law. “But look, me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing. He’s willing to go to jail, I’m willing to put him in jail.”

“President Trump has been clear: We want to concentrate on public safety threats and national security threats. And I find it shocking that any mayor of the city would say they don’t want public safety threats removed from their neighborhoods.”

The border czar’s remarks followed Johnston stating his readiness to challenge Trump’s mass deportation policy for illegals, something the Democratic mayor dubbed as “illegal, immoral or un-American.” He expressed willingness to be jailed for defending his city’s sanctuary status.

“Yeah, I’m not afraid of that, and I’m also not seeking that. I think the goal is we want to be able to negotiate with reasonable people [on] how to solve hard problems.”

Head over to Migrants.news for more stories about Denver and other sanctuary cities for migrants.

Watch border czar Tom Homan telling Sean Hannity that he is willing to jail Denver Mayor Mike Johnston during a Fox News appearance with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

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