{"id":2218171,"date":"2024-04-11T07:57:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T11:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-towns-construct-legislative-walls-to-counter-mass-illegal-immigration\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T08:00:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T12:00:25","slug":"colorado-towns-construct-legislative-walls-to-counter-mass-illegal-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-towns-construct-legislative-walls-to-counter-mass-illegal-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Towns Build &#8216;Walls&#8217; to Address Illegal Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolorado-towns-construct-legislative-walls-to-counter-mass-illegal-immigration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2218171&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two years ago,\u2064 Denver faced\u200d an influx of illegal migrants from the southern border. Neighboring towns are now passing \u200claws to manage\u2064 the overflow into suburbs. In\u2064 December 2022, then-Denver Mayor Michael Hancock declared a state of emergency due to the crisis. Surrounding areas are taking steps to address the impact of this migration influx. Two \u200dyears ago, Denver \u2063was inundated with illegal migrants from the southern border. Nearby towns are enacting legislation to control the migration into suburban \u200careas. In December 2022, former \u2063Denver Mayor Michael Hancock \u200bdeclared a state of emergency in response to the situation. Surrounding regions are implementing measures\u2062 to mitigate the effects of this influx of migrants.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Two years ago, the capital of Colorado was overwhelmed by illegal migrants bussed up from the southern border to the self-declared <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sanctuary city<\/a>. Now neighboring communities are passing ordinances to manage the overflow into nearby suburbs. <\/p>\n<p>In December 2022, then-Denver Mayor Michael Hancock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2022\/12\/15\/denver-state-of-emergency-migrants-immigrants-mayor-hancock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> a state of emergency as the city braced for the crisis arriving on Coloradans\u2019 doorstep after fewer than 250 illegally present foreign citizens turned up at local homeless shelters. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-642233372\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2f16641d25c6f959b0382c7ff2981ee0 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2f16641d25c6f959b0382c7ff2981ee0\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLet me be frank: This influx of migrants, the unanticipated nature of their arrival and our current space and staffing challenges, have put an immense strain on city recourses to the level where they\u2019re on the verge of reaching a breaking point at this time,\u201d said Hancock. \u201cWhat I don\u2019t want to see is a local humanitarian crisis of unsheltered migrants on our hands because of a lack of resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Hancock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2023\/01\/05\/denver-destination-sanctuary-migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed<\/a> legislation to codify Denver\u2019s resistance to working with federal officials to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-recall-petition-close-to-success\/\" title=\"Newsom Recall Petition Close To Success\">enforce immigration laws<\/a>. The Colorado Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2024\/04\/02\/migrants-hotels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> last week Denver taxpayers spent $63 million to shelter the more than 40,000 new arrivals over the last 15 months. The office of Denver\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-win-big-in-texas-mayoral-races-with-increased-latino-support\/\" title=\"Republicans Win Big In Texas Mayoral Races With Increased Latino Support\">mayor elected<\/a> last spring, Mike Johnston, <a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2024\/02\/08\/denver-immigrants-arrivals-decreasing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the city may spend up to $180 million to confront the crisis this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDenver is closing all migrant hotel shelters but one, a signal that services are winding down,\u201d the Sun reported, meaning a closure of six hotels operating as shelters. \u201cThe decision comes as the number of daily arrivals has been declining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Colorado Democrat Gov. Jared Polis <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/05\/colorado-gov-jared-polis-sent-migrants-to-new-york-he-should-have-sent-them-to-aspen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent<\/a> some of the migrants to New York City. Communities neighboring Denver have begun to pass ordinances to contain the influx of illegal migrants throughout the region. In February, the Aurora City Council <a href=\"https:\/\/kdvr.com\/news\/local\/aurora-weighing-their-own-resolution-in-light-of-migrant-crisis\/#:~:text=Aurora%20council%20votes%20on%20its%20migrant%20response&#038;text=The%20resolution%20says%2C%20%E2%80%9CThe%20City,the%20sponsor%20of%20the%20resolution.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a> a resolution to declare no services for migrants who enter Denver\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado-demographics.com\/cities_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">largest suburb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-92426c576d2b042be5d77a51cadd0c5c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-92426c576d2b042be5d77a51cadd0c5c\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been pretty tense here, we\u2019re feeling it,\u201d said city council member Danielle Jurinsky, who sponsored the limiting resolution, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/denver-put-notice-nearby-aurora-transporting-migrants-community-sanctuary-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> with Fox News. \u201cWe will not be aiding this migrant crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further south, in Colorado\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/denver\/2023\/01\/05\/denver-destination-sanctuary-migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sixth-most<\/a> populous county, Douglas County, commissioners are threatening to fine and seize buses that drop off migrants within the jurisdiction. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo more freeloading,\u201d Commissioner George Teal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/colorado-community-threatens-fine-seize-buses-drop-off-illegal-immigrants-freeloading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Fox News. \u201cWe thought this ordinance was required to make sure that we can keep our community safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Federalist, Teal said the new bus ordinance is just one of several measures taken by county officials in recent months to prepare for Denver sending migrants into the community. In October, commissioners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/next\/next-with-kyle-clark\/douglas-county-not-a-sanctuary-migrants-tells-denver-to-do-same\/73-b77dfe38-311c-4491-8e6b-d09da1af556c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a> a resolution demanding Denver rescind its status as a sanctuary city and followed the measure with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.douglas.co.us\/douglas-county-board-of-health-adopts-preemptive-migrant-management-public-health-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martinez-we-have-2-4-hour-lines-due-to-new-mexico-lockdown\/\" title=\"Martinez: 'We Have 2-4 Hour Lines' Due to New Mexico Lockdown\">public health order<\/a><\/a> in December to keep migrants from being sheltered in Douglas County. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8237be585a6b25c3976367e7bb163ad4 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-8237be585a6b25c3976367e7bb163ad4\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the actions we\u2019ve taken up until now,\u201d Teal explained, the migrant crisis \u201chasn\u2019t hit [Douglas County] by any measurable degree.\u201d But, the commissioner stressed, \u201cWe want to be proactive and be prepared with a legal toolkit to respond appropriately,\u201d once migrants make their way down from Denver. <\/p>\n<p>Officials in Colorado Springs, the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado-demographics.com\/cities_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second-largest<\/a> city that is an hour south of Denver under the shadow of Pike\u2019s Peak, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2024\/02\/13\/colorado-springs-approves-resolution-declaring-it-is-not-a-sanctuary-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passed<\/a> a resolution in February to affirm the city is not a sanctuary for illegal migrants. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not flush with cash and ready to pay for large-scale\u2026illegal immigration, we don\u2019t have that money,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2024\/02\/13\/colorado-springs-approves-resolution-declaring-it-is-not-a-sanctuary-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> city council member Dave Donelson, who sponsored the measure. <\/p>\n<p>And last month, Woodland Park, a suburb of Colorado Springs, \u201cjoined an avalanche of Pikes Peak area governments in declaring its status as a non-sanctuary city,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/pikespeakcourier\/woodland-park-declares-status-as-non-sanctuary-city\/article_b94722f8-e865-11ee-abf8-8f1a858b4144.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the Pikes Peak Courier. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the resolution does not have the power of law and is primarily a political statement, it is a powerful one,\u201d the Courier reported, saying the resolution was \u201charsh in its criticism of sanctuary cities\u2019 refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-25cb868ea5b5d86021424cc2a9ce72ac fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-25cb868ea5b5d86021424cc2a9ce72ac\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago, Colorado&#8217;s capital faced an influx of illegal migrants transported from the southern border to its self-proclaimed sanctuary city. Neighboring towns are now enacting laws to handle the spillover into adjacent suburbs. 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