Colorado Republicans Sound Off on Impact of Migrant Surge on Citizens

Colorado Republicans are sounding off on “out-of-touch” Democrats after Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vowed to station police to block ICE agents from carrying out deportations and a report showed that the city has spent over $356 million in taxpayer dollars on services for migrants.

The sum, which amounts to $7,900 per foreign national in the city and equates to 8% of the city’s total 2025 budget {snip}

Rose Pugliese, leader of the Republican caucus in the Colorado State Assembly, told Fox News Digital that the massive influx of migrants in the state has resulted in heavier burdens on both local and state resources.

She said the Democrat-controlled legislature has spent an estimated $563 million on illegal immigrants since 2021 {snip}

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Meanwhile, Roger Hudson, a city councilman for Castle Pines, a small town just south of Denver, told Fox News Digital that “there’s nothing kind, there’s nothing hopeful” about what Democrats have done to the city.

According to Hudson, Denver has accepted over 45,000 migrants since 2022. He said that these migrants have taken up much of the funding meant for important services in the city, including public schools and parks.

“Now they’re not mowing the grass in parks, the fountains are down, rec centers are closed, the homeless problem is completely out of control,” he said. “What they’ve done to Denver is horrific.”

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“These migrants are preying on each other, they are abusing women, elderly women, elderly individuals, people who are disabled, they are robbing, they are causing a drug problem that wasn’t here before in our state.”

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