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Denver, Colorado is asking its residents to house illegal immigrants as shelters are overcrowded.<\/p>\n
The move comes as Mayor Mike Johnston (D) announced budget cuts to the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank every resident in the city who has showed up to cook a meal for someone who has arrived, who has welcomed somebody to their home, who has offered them a job, who said, \u2018We will help you find your way,\u2019\u201d the mayor said during the announcement<\/a>. \u201cYou\u2019ve done your part. The city will do our part. The federal government did not do their part.\u201d<\/p>\n Some of the budget cuts include recreation centers closing one day each week, ending in-person vehicle registration renewals, and landscaping expenses.<\/p>\n Nearly 40,000 migrants are expected to be moved out of shelters.<\/p>\n \u201cWe put out a feeler to all the landlords we have connections with,\u201d Jon Ewing of Denver Human Services told Fox 31<\/a>. \u201cBasically said, listen, we\u2019re going to have some newcomers who are going to need housing.\u201d<\/p>\n The state of Massachusetts has a similar plan in the works, moving<\/a> to spend $10.5 million on contracts with resettlement agencies to move illegal immigrant families as shelters have reached max capacity.<\/p>\n Eight agencies are working on the matter and will move 400 family units out of state-run shelters by the end of the year.<\/p>\n In November, it was learned<\/a> that Denver spent millions of taxpayer dollars to provide illegal aliens with free flights and bus tickets out of the state.<\/p>\n