800 migrant families being booted from Denver shelters as city nears breaking point
The sanctuary city has been struggling to stretch its limited resources to support the growing number of migrants in the city
By Michael Dorgan Fox News
Published February 6, 2024 10:00am EST
The city of Denver has begun ejecting around 800 migrant families from shelters as it scales back on aid for illegal immigrants.
On Monday, about 140 families were booted out from temporary accommodations in Colorado's capital, with the remaining 660 families expected to be removed over the next few weeks, according to city officials.
The sanctuary city has been struggling to stretch its limited resources to support the growing number of migrants in the city. Texas has transported thousands of migrants to sanctuary cities like Denver, to showcase the problems border states face when migrants flood their cities.
With overcrowded shelters and overrun hospitals, Denver state officials have begun enforcing a limit on the amount of time that migrants can stay in state-provided rooms to accommodate the daily influx of individuals, according to a report from NBC News.
As of last week, Denver was sheltering 3,813 people with more waves of illegal immigrants still descending on the city. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, a Democrat, said the city is at full capacity.
"We have filled every single hotel room that we have available in the city and county of Denver," Johnston said during a town hall meeting last week.
"Now we have the terrible decision that if we don’t start exiting folks, we will have 250 folks that will arrive today or the day after who don’t have anywhere to go at night," Johnston said.
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