The City of Denver, Colorado, may furlough some existing employees, while the city has long considered hiring undocumented immigrants to work for the city, according to the Daily Wire.
According to Denver 9 News, the city claims budget cuts due to the growing immigration crisis are forcing some current employees into a situation where their hours are reduced to zero. report on monday. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Denver Mayor Mike Johnson said, Said According to the Daily Wire, the city had considered hiring immigrants because immigrants who cannot work without federal permits strain the city's budget, but the city is now pursuing that option due to legal risks. He says he hasn't. (Related: Blue City begins crackdown after accepting more immigrants per capita than anywhere else)
“Reduced hours and programs will impact the work hours of many on-call employees, with some not receiving hours at a time,” Denver Parks and Recreation Director Joron Clark said in a statement, according to the 9th. There will be,” he said. news. “Final decisions regarding working hours for individual positions have not yet been made.”
I'm proud of what our city has done in the face of the immigration crisis, but without federal aid, we face tough choices, starting with cuts to the DMV and Parks & Rec. Many more conversations are needed to overcome this challenge, but we will press on. Denver is bigger now. pic.twitter.com/8eiDjQjRRJ
— Mayor Mike Johnston (@MikeJohnstonCO) February 10, 2024
Colorado Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper previously suggested cities could start hiring immigrants. according to Up to 9 News.
“If the federal government doesn't act, I think at some point local governments are going to have to act. They're going to have to come up with some way to say, you can do the job,” Hickenlooper said. Said 9 News. “If the federal government wants to throw the book at us, we're going to deal with the legal costs, because people are left with no other option.”
Denver's budget cuts are in favor of funneling more tax dollars to address the sanctuary city's burgeoning immigrant crisis and provide housing, education, and health care for immigrants.
Additionally, Denver Public Schools (DPS), a system separate from the city, employs non-citizens and grants them visas to legitimize their presence in the United States, according to internal emails reviewed by the Daily Wire. . Deborah Staten, the superintendent's deputy chief of staff, said in an October email to school board presidents that the DPS recruiting department will be hosting “ELA-S recruiting fairs and visa-sponsored employee welcome events.” I wrote that I am hosting a
DPS also hosted an event to discuss “Visa Sponsorship Eligibility” and a “Visa Sponsorship Welcome Night” for all DPS Visa Sponsorship employees, the Daily Wire reported.
According to the Daily Wire, Deputy Chief of Staff Evan Dreyer wrote in an email to Johnston that the DPS building “will be used in November and December for new arrivals to obtain Temporary Protected Status and Employment Authorization documents.” I wrote a proposal to use it as a legal clinic to assist with applications.
Emails reviewed by the Daily Wire also show that DPS was working with Johnston's office to use properties purchased by the system as an extension of the Denver Institute of Arts as “potential immigrant shelters.”
The city has already Spent Tens of millions of dollars are being spent to address the immigration crisis, and up to $180 million could be spent on the issue in 2024.
Johnston's office did not respond to a request for comment.
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