Colorado town declares itself a non-sanctuary city as Denver grapples with immigrant influx

Published February 22, 2024 1:40pm ET



As Denver continues to struggle to absorb the city’s flood of immigrants, a nearby Colorado town unanimously decided in a 7-0 vote this week that it would not become a sanctuary city. 

On Tuesday, the Monument City Council reviewed a resolution that was “drafted by a press conference held by El Paso County Commissioners and Colorado Springs City Council member Dave Donelson,” the Colorado Springs Gazette reported. Mitch LaKind, the mayor of Monument, Colorado, told Fox and Friends First on Wednesday that the town did not have the financial resources to take on an influx of immigrants in the way Denver, a sanctuary city, has.

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