The Colorado sanctuary city of Denver is asking its residents to house illegal aliens as shelters have become overcrowded with the influx of foreign invaders.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) announced Friday that the city has started to scale back its migrant services, including the shuttering of shelters, to reduce the current budget deficit in the face of 40,000 illegals who’ve come to Denver over the last year which cost the city $180 million.
“I want to thank every resident in the city who has showed up to cook a meal for someone who has arrived, who has welcomed somebody to their home, who has offered them a job, who said, ‘We will help you find your way,’” Johnston said during a recent news conference. “You’ve done your part. The city will do our part. The federal government did not do their part.”
“What is true now is we’re entering into a different stage, which is without any federal support, without any work authorization, without changes to policy, we’re going to have to make changes to what we can do in terms of our city budget,” he added.
Some of the cuts include ending in-person vehicle registration renewals, cutting back on landscaping expenses, and cutting hours at recreation centers, which all told will only reduce the budget by one-fortieth of what the influx of illegals will cost the city.
Shelters are being cleared out and 38,000 illegals will eventually be evicted from Denver’s 10 overcrowded government-run shelters due to the budget cuts.
In response, the city has begun asking residents to take in the “newcomers.”
“We put out a feeler to all the landlords we have connections with,” Denver Human Services Jon Ewing told Fox 31. “Basically said, listen, we’re going to have some newcomers who are going to need housing.”
“The hope and goal is that we are able to connect the vast majority with housing, or at least as many of them as we possibly can,” Ewing said.
Ewing also said landlords couldn’t charge aliens more than $2,000 per month.
“We’ve got kind of a rent cap – $2,000,” he said.
Johnston last month claimed his administration was considering closing Denver to more illegal aliens as resources became overwhelmed, but it appears he found a new “solution”: foist the burden directly onto Denver residents instead.
Democrats in other cities have made similar pleas and initiatives to cope with the massive influx of illegals in recent months brought about by Joe Biden’s open border policy.
A Chicago Councilman in January urged wealthy residents to shelter illegals, and Maine has spent $3.5 million of taxpayer funds building “palace” apartments for migrants to live rent-free for 2 years.