SHOCK REPORT: Migrant Crisis Cost $150B in 2023, City Budgets Strained, Emergency Services Cut
posted by Hannity Staff - 10.24.24
America’s biggest cities are getting crushed by a crisis…
According to a New York Post report, the migrant crisis at the southern border — which has spilled into cities all over the country — cost $150 billion dollars in 2023. In some cases, to accommodate the cost of the migrant influx, cities were forced to take funding from emergency services.
From The New York Post:
Of that figure, calculated by Washington DC-based non-profit Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), $67 billion came from the federal government, but the majority of the burden was shouldered by states and local governments.
Denver City Council has to cut $45 million from its budget, including $8.4m from it Police Department and $2.5m from the Fire Department to pay an estimated $90m bill for migrants.
New York City is spending $2.3 billion in costs for housing migrants alone in 2023 and 2024, resulting in city agencies having to cut costs by 5%.
In South Portland, Maine, property taxes have increased to pay for the migrant crisis and the mayor has advised elderly residents to re-mortgage their houses to pay them
Chicago faces a $1 billion budget gap, partly over migrant services, which it is now scrambling to make up.
https://hannity.com/media-room/shock-report-migrant-crisis-cost-150b-in-2023-city-budgets-strained-emergency-services-cut/
