Mayors From Sanctuary Cities Demand $5 Billion in Taxpayer Funds to Help With Illegal Immigration Crisis

Democrat mayors from sanctuary cities have demanded $5 billion in federal taxpayer dollars to help them cope with the dramatic influx of illegal immigrants.

Illegal immigrants climb over the barbed wire fence into the United States from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2023. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images

The Democrat mayors of a handful of sanctuary cities have appealed for $5 billion in federal tax dollars to help them bear the crushing costs associated with the influx of illegal immigrants into their communities.

In a recent letter to President Joe Biden, which was viewed by The Epoch Times, the mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York City said that the financial impact of the border crisis on their communities has been immense and that their needs far exceed the $1.4 billion in additional funding proposed by the Biden administration to help them cope.