The City of Denver has spent more than $1.5 million on all aspects of sheltering arriving migrants since the first week of December and is on track to spend $3 million by the end of the month, according to city leaders.
“This has been extremely taxing on city resources. We are not a border community. We don’t have federal resources like border communities do. So, the help that we can provide in Denver is very limited. And we’re at the point where we’re not able to sustain much longer. We’re at our breaking point,” said Mikayla Ortega, Denver Joint Information Center representative.
As of 1 p.m. Thursday, the city has helped 2,761 migrants since Dec. 9. City officials say 130 migrants arrived overnight.
Ortega said the city has not received any update on federal aid but has received some assistance from the state.
(via Lucianne)
[Wow — they’re at a breaking point with less than 3000 migrants in three weeks. Border communities in Texas get more than that in a *day*. And they’re not getting any federal help, either. Who’s fault is that? — Ed]
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