Utah Gov. Spencer Cox blasted Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration on social media last week, saying it is “completely unacceptable” to bus immigrants — who crossed the southern border illegally and ended up in Colorado’s most populous city — to the Beehive State.
“We recently learned that the Democrat mayor of Denver has been sending illegal immigrants to Utah without proper notification or approval,” Cox wrote Friday on X, formerly Twitter. “This is completely unacceptable and follows on the failed catch-and-release policy of the Biden administration.”
It is unclear why Cox was taken by surprise. Denver has been busing immigrants to the final destination of their choice since December 2022, when 90 immigrants were dropped off downtown to wander in the cold, setting off a crisis that has threatened the city’s finances.
“Every state has received illegal immigrants and Utah’s resources are completely depleted,” Cox said on the social media platform. “All 50 states, including Utah, are now border states due to the failed immigration policies of President Biden and Congress.”