Roughly 800 immigrants are expected to be evicted from a Denver shelter as sanctuary cities struggle to continue serving undocumented immigrants.

City officials confirmed Monday that 140 families have been removed from temporary housing in the state capital, and announced that another 660 migrants are scheduled to be removed in the coming weeks. Exit report. (Related: Denver cracks down after accepting more immigrants per capita than anywhere else)

Over the past year, Denver has taken in nearly 40,000 immigrants from the Texas bus program, putting enormous pressure on the city's estimated 710,000 residents.Denver Democratic Mayor Mike Johnston expressed There were pre-existing concerns and at a press conference late last year, he asked the Biden administration for more help.

“Without federal support and coordinated entry and work permits, cities will need to consider significantly reducing the amount of services they provide or significantly reducing their city budgets.” I think so,” Johnson said.

Mid-January, major Denver hospital According to The Denver Post, the city has begun warning of a lack of funds due to unexpected expenses associated with increased visitor numbers. Because of the growing problem, the hospital has requested additional funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help immigrants with medical costs not covered by federal or state authorities, according to reports. (Related: Exclusive: Undocumented immigrant deported four times for killing mother and son in Colorado drunk driving crash)

Migrants continue to flow into the city, with 3,813 people reportedly taken into custody last week, according to Fox News. Johnston said at a City Hall meeting last week that “every hotel room” available in the city is now “full,” stressing that if we don't start removing people, new residents will have nowhere to go. .

“All available hotel rooms in the city and county of Denver have been filled,” Johnston said, according to the newspaper.

“We have now made the terrible decision that if we don't start moving people out, 250 people arriving today or the day after tomorrow will have nowhere to go for the night.”

The immigrants who have been and will continue to be excluded will be determined based on a set of criteria established by the city. site. Officials said people who were not eligible but were hospitalized because hospital discharges were suspended in November, people who “previously expired from shelter programs but have been readmitted,” and children who entered since last fall. All members of the family are scheduled to be discharged from the hospital.

The city is also offering a five-day extension to evacuating families from its original 37-day policy, and “gives families with newly arrived children up to six weeks (42 days) to evacuate.”