For months nonprofit organizations have been assisting illegal aliens as they cross the border with Mexico, giving them temporary food and shelter and in some cases buying them one-way bus tickets to cities such as Denver in an attempt to avoid a humanitarian crisis. Last month, Denvers Democratic Mayor Michael Hancock issued an emergency declaration so that the city could free up resources to support the ongoing influx of these bused illegal immigrants. This influx of migrants, the unanticipated nature of their arrival, and our current space and staffing challenges have put an immense strain on city resources, to the level where theyre on the verge of reaching a breaking point at this time, Hancock said at a news conference. What I dont want to see is a local humanitarian crisis of unsheltered migrants on our hands because of the lack of resources.
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