Denver is a sanctuary city, and was -- until reality bit them hard -- proud of that fact. Then the illegal immigrants started coming, and not only did Denver decided to limit the time they can spend at shelters (have they even read the Statue of Liberty?!), they're cutting services to citizens in favor of funding illegal immigrants.

Now they're also reducing the number of hours city employees (who are not salaried) work. Sometimes down to zero.

Why? The ongoing border crisis.

But don't call them layoffs.

People are losing their jobs, their source of income, so Denver can pay for illegal immigrants.

Semantics is fun, no?

You get the government you vote for, though.

Denver voted for leaders who made the city a sanctuary.

Send more busloads.

Laid off.

Yep. That sums it up perfectly.

Not voting for politicians who want unfettered immigration is a good strategy.

This. What did they expect would happen? Small border towns would keep absorbing the influx of illegal immigrants, when a major metro area like Denver (or Chicago or New York) can't handle it?

It was unsustainable.

Denver, by marking itself a sanctuary city, invited this.

They just never imagined someone would make them put their money where their mouths are.

There also has to be a calculus here: they probably assume the illegal immigrants are, eventually, more reliable votes than the citizens they're totally not-laying off here.

Sure sounds like layoffs to us.

Remind us: what's the definition of insanity again?

Certainly is doing a bang up job of it.

They'll just close the pools. Problem solved.

This is really, really despicable. But it's what they voted for.

Because the government doesn't care about Americans. They care about virtue signaling more.

Until Democrats -- up to and including the President -- take the border crisis seriously, keep this going. Yeah, it's awful Americans are suffering, but you get the government you vote for.

Maybe vote for change.

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