Denver’s Democratic Mayor Mike Johnston cut funding to the city’s police department by $8 million to care for people who entered the country illegally.
This isn’t the first time Johnston has done this. Already in February he had cut municipal services for the same reason.
So the influx of illegal immigrants makes the city less safe and so the mayor cuts funding to the police making the city even less safe.
What could go wrong?
FOX News reports:
Blue City mayor cuts more than $8 million to police force to help migrants
A Democratic-controlled city announced $45 million in funding for programs to address the spiraling number of migrant arrivals it is facing, resulting in budget cuts of more than $8 million for the police department.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a $45.9 million package last week to fully fund “newcomer” programs for 2024 and avoid the city’s worst-case scenarios. This is in addition to the $44 million in spending already secured for the program through previous budget moves.
Spending on migrants in the city skyrocketed last year, from $2 million a month in August to $15 million in December. In January, the number of migrants peaked at around 5,000 in shelters, but has since fallen to around 1,000, according to official data.
“After more than a year of navigating this crisis together, Denver finally has a sustainable plan to treat our newcomers with dignity while avoiding the worst cuts to city services,” Johnston said.
The mayor’s office says it will avoid employee layoffs or furloughs, but there will still be cuts to find the extra $45.9 million in funding. The mayor’s office will see its budget cut by nearly 10%.
Denver taxpayers should be outraged.
HAPPENING NOW: Denver’s Democratic mayor found enough money to pay the migrants, and all he had to do was cut the police and fire budgets. He now has a total of 90 million dollars for migrants in 2024, after cutting 8 million dollars from the police and 2.5 million dollars from … pic.twitter.com/XomU557gXw
— Travis (@Travis_in_Flint) April 17, 2024
Really Denver is cutting funding to the police department to help migrants… while homicides in their city have increased 190% in the last ten years.
I mean, what could go wrong…
The ignorance, or if intentional malevolence, is staggering!
https://t.co/gmtO3HOMCa—Joe Gamaldi (@JoeGamaldi) April 17, 2024
If Colorado somehow turns red in November, this will be one of the main reasons.