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Sanctuary Cities’ Budgets Implode alongside Immigrant Influx

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Recently arrived migrants to New York City wait on the sidewalk outside the Roosevelt Hotel, where a temporary reception center has been established, August 1, 2023.

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Democrats have discovered an unforeseen consequence of virtue-signaling — the huddled masses actually took them seriously. “I told anyone who’d listen of my generosity, and the poor starting asking me for change . . . imagine!” From Chicago to New York, city governments that came into office on promises of acceptance and anti-discrimination — so-called sanctuary cities — are turning out lint and IOUs when illegal immigrants arrive at the cities’ bus stations and municipal buildings.

Adam Shaw reports for Fox News:

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Luther Ray Abel

Luther Ray Abel is an Associate Editor for National Review. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Luther is a proud native of Sheboygan, Wis.

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