City of Denver has 2nd thoughts about Sanctuary City Status


Posted On: Wednesday - January 31st 2024 6:11PM MST
In Topics:   Immigration Stupidity  Lefty MegaStupidity  ctrl-left



It's been 3 decades or so since the nuts in California brought this problem to their State, with all the unfortunate residents having to suffer. Now, it's all over the Sanctuary cities, and the good virtuous folks in Denver, Colorado may be having 2nd thoughts about their virtuousness, compassion, and welcoming yard signs.

A couple of weeks back The Gateway Pundit, who is all over the immigration invasion story, posted the article Denver Hospital In Financial Crisis: Surge of Illegals Contributes to $130M in “Uncompensated Care”. This is not news for most of us.

Yeah, you tell me about it, Denver residents. A decade ago I refused to pay 3/4 of an (uninsured at the time) emergency room bill for my wife being behind the counter for 1/2 an hour, telling the bill collector, "Yeah, I don't mind paying for our share - 300 bucks - but I can't be paying for the 5 illegal aliens in there too, man."* The best expression to describe this and other expected results of an open border under the Welfare State is: Privatize the profits - Socialize the losses.
“It’s a difficult dilemma of how we best meet their health care needs when health care has not been part of the equation,” Federico said.

The surge in new immigrant patients from South and Central America equates to roughly 8,000 people and 20,000 visits, Federico said.
It's FREE, Senors and Senoras! "(let me tell ya') It's More Fun, Bein' An Illegal Alien."

FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform - been around a long time and doesn't like this stuff either - compiled this Top 10 List of Sanctuary Cities. Denver is #10, but this is not based on virtuousness, just population. Here's Denver's blurb:
The City and County of Denver – the capital city of Colorado with a population of 727,000 – became an illegal alien sanctuary on the basis of an April 2014 Sheriff Department memo stating that Denver no longer honors immigration detainers. This was codified into law by a City Council ordinance from August 2017.

Also in 2017, the city stopped sending federal officials its daily booking sheets in order to limit immigration officials awareness of criminal alien activities.

On August 18, 2019, Mexican national Jose Armenta-Vazquez was attempting to burglarize a house in Denver, Colorado, but ran into the homeowner, who was identified as Magistrate Judge David Blackett, and nearly-fatally stabbed them. A month before, the illegal alien had been released by the Denver Sheriff’s Department for the third time despite active immigration detainers. He was arrested for the stabbing in October and, once again, released – despite yet another ICE detainer. He was eventually re-arrested in December and charged in January 2020.
OK, first of all, I'm amazed at how many Siamese Twin attacks occur in this country!** That aside, I wonder how long the yard signs will stay in place there in Denver, especially on the lawns of homeowners with kids who fall out of trees and step on glass.

Back to the Gateway Pundit article:
The overload on the medical infrastructure in the U.S. is exacerbated by the lack of testing by the Border Patrol for dangerous infectious diseases. 

In November, the far-left mayors of several sanctuary cities, including Denver Mayor Mike Johnson, sent a letter begging for a staggering $5 billion in federal aid from the Biden regime.
Yes, let's socialize the losses a little farther away. We may also need another few hundred billion for a new war on Tuberculosis.

Yes, readers, Peak Stupidity has been all about the immigration invasion this week, for half the posts, anyway. As we noted early on, if you don't like that stuff, Get off our lawn! Oh, and don't knock down our sign either.

I'm gonna have to come out with one massive "We told you so!" rant about Sanctuary Cities and end this for a while. Has anyone got a great song that goes with it? (There's a Madonna song, but ... nah....)

Finally, rather than make a separate "READ THIS" post, let me link to the latest by the great Immigration Patriot Ann Coulter: Which Kills More American Citizens—Islam Overseas, Or Immigration Here At Home?



* He sounded quite offended, but, you know, when your credit score reads "----- (N/A)", you just plain don't care.

** I mean, I'm just going by what I read: Mexican national Jose Armenta-Vazquez was attempting to burglarize a house in Denver, Colorado, but ran into the homeowner, who was identified as Magistrate Judge David Blackett, and nearly-fatally stabbed them. Hey, don't be a bigot. Magistrates can be Siamese Twins too. They just have to both be appointed simultaneously is all.


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[UPDATED 02/01:] Added link to another great Ann Coulter column.
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Comments:
Moderator
Saturday - February 3rd 2024 8:02AM MST
PS: Alarmist, forming our own system is another part of going "off the grid", so to speak. However, unless we do our work too, off the grid, we end up paying for the parallel Socialist system too, as with the National Health dealy in the UK. At least you can get good care with a private doc.

I like your optimistic way of thinking on this, Mr. Blanc.
MBlanc46
Thursday - February 1st 2024 12:46PM MST
PS Good on Totally Legit Joe Biden. He’s an accelerationist, just as I am. Just keep those migrants coming. It won’t be long before something essential breaks. Then we can start putting back together what remains to be put together.
The Alarmist
Thursday - February 1st 2024 11:10AM MST
PS

Find a private doc who offers concierge service for a monthly subscription fee. It will be a good start.
The Alarmist
Thursday - February 1st 2024 11:10AM MST
PS

Find a private doc who offers concierge service for a monthly subscription fee. It will be a good start.
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