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Denver mayor declares state of emergency due to continued influx of illegal immigrants

Democrat Michael Hancock claims that the continued influx of illegals "is stressing the shelters" and the "financial condition" of the sanctuary city.

Alcalde de Denver, Michael Hancock

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Verónica Silveri Pazos

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock declared a state of emergency in the city due to the large influx of illegal immigrants arriving from the southern border in recent months. This situation means that the sanctuary city is exhausting the economic resources foreseen in the budgets.

More than 700 immigrants arrived to Colorado's capital in recent months, 600 of them since December 2 alone. Denver spent about $800,000 on shelters for illegals and that amount is expected to "increase significantly." The city has opened two emergency shelters and a reception center to accommodate arrivals:

I have issued the emergency declaration because we have seen a steady flow, really in the last six days, we have seen over 472 people coming into our city (...) I activated our emergency operations center, this is starting to stress our systems and really stress our financial condition in the city of Denver.

"It’s stressing our shelters"

Hancock stated that they have a list of the more than 700 migrants and asylum seekers. He further stated that the situation is "stressing the system" and putting Denver's shelters at risk:

It is a challenging time. But what we saw was not a continuous trickle, it's an increase in which we saw between 60 and 110 people show up at a time in one night, and that becomes a problem when we are trying to provide services to them (...) It's stressing our system, it's stressing our shelters (...) We had to make public calls for help with our partners, our nonprofits, and our faith leaders.

The Democratic mayor stated that he and others learned from "the immigrants and asylum seekers themselves" what the process is like and how they use social media to organize getting into the country. In many cases, "their point of entry is El Paso, Texas, and then they decide to come to Denver." However, he implied that some people or officials in Texas influenced the illegal aliens' decisions to bring them to Denver:

They also told us that there were some people on the ground who suggested they come to Denver. And so, as they were getting on the buses to come, they came and we started seeing them coming in droves, again, 60, 70, 110 at a time, and that becomes a little bit too much.
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