in World News Denver Illegal Aliens: 6 Months of Free Rent & Food Is ‘Offensive’ and a ‘Slap in the Face’
An illegal alien in Denver has slammed taxpayers as “offensive” and blasted the “sanctuary” city’s offer of free housing and food for six months as a “slap in the face.”
Denver has established a new “Asylum Seekers Program” that diverts tax dollars away from city resources such as police to pay for the flood of illegal alien “newcomers” in the city.
Under the program, foreign nationals can illegally cross the border into the United States and expect six months of free food and rent once they arrive in Denver.
However, illegals and a migrant advocacy group have decried the offer as “insufficient.”
The Democrat-run city has been struggling to stretch its limited resources to support the growing number of illegal border crossers making their way to Denver.
Over 40,000 migrants have found their way to the city since December 2022.
The figure is more per capita than any other U.S. city.
So far, the crisis has cost Denver taxpayers around $68 million, the New York Post reported.
Last week, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced that his city’s migrant program would now provide what he called “a long-term, sustainable response” to address the migrant “crisis” locally.
The program will offer six months of free housing, food assistance, workforce training, and more to the roughly 1,000 migrants currently in the city’s shelter system as they wait for authorization to work, according to the Post.