The sanctuary metropolis of Denver, Colorado, is spending hundreds of thousands of native taxpayer {dollars} to supply newly arrived border crossers and unlawful aliens with free flights and out-of-state bus tickets.
Data obtained by CBS Information Colorado reveal Denver officers have spent almost $4.5 million in taxpayer cash thus far to ship greater than 12,000 border crossers and unlawful aliens to different cities and states throughout america.
Whereas most get free bus tickets to depart Denver, about 335 border crossers and unlawful aliens have acquired free rides — at a price of $115,000 — up to now 5 months alone.
“We are saying, ‘The place do you need to go?’ “Then we purchase them a ticket, normally by bus, and take them on their approach,” John Ewing of Denver Human Providers instructed CBS Information.
In accordance with data obtained by CBS Information, most border crossers and unlawful aliens who get bus tickets and flights out of Denver are despatched to different sanctuary cities equivalent to Chicago, Illinois, and New York Metropolis, New York.
Others are heading to cities like Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, in addition to again to Texas. Small cities like Wilson, North Carolina are additionally a vacation spot for these being despatched out of Denver.
In lower than a 12 months, Denver has spent almost $32 million on border crossers and unlawful aliens — together with $7.5 million on housing and almost $5 million on meals. By the tip of the 12 months, Breitbart Information reported, officers in Denver count on migrant spending to achieve $40 million.
John Binder is a Breitbart Information correspondent. E-mail him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Comply with him on Twitter here.
