Denver spends more than $350 million on illegal alien invaders

Article publisher: 
Center Square
Article date: 
30 November 2024
Article category: 
Colorado News
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Spending on migrants [illegal alien invaders] in Denver has ballooned to an estimated $356 million, an updated analysis by the Common Sense Institute says.

The estimate, which amounts to $7,900 per foreign national in the city, includes spending from the city, schools, and health care systems.

Denver has seen an influx of almost 43,000 migrants since 2022. The city has received significant federal funding for migrant response.

According to CSI’s previous update from May, the city received federal funding for migrant response from the Head Start Program ($13 million), Federal Emergency Management Agency ($8.6 million), U.S. Department of Local Affairs ($1.5 million), and the National Board for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program ($909,000). Overall spending was estimated to be up to $340 million in May...

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Why spend a penny on illegal alien invaders? The only related expense should be a bus ticket to their home country.

You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.
- Milton Friedman