Mountain of Expenses: Denver’s Fiscal Woes Climb as Illegal Aliens Overwhelm City

Migrants rest at a makeshift shelter in Denver on Jan. 6, 2023. Over the past month, nearly 4,000 immigrants, almost all Venezuelans, have arrived unannounced in the frigid city, with nowhere to stay and sometimes wearing T-shirts and flip-flops. In response, Denver converted three recreation centers into emergency shelters for migrants and paid for families with children to stay at hotels, allocating $3 million to deal with the influx. Thomas Peipert/AP Photo

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Denver is buckling under a financial crisis caused by illegal immigration. But the fault lies not in the stars, but with the city itself.