By Breeanna Jent | The Gazette
Mayor Yemi Mobolade on Friday called on President Joe Biden and federal partners to help ensure a surge of undocumented immigrants crossing the country’s southern border does not become a ‘crisis’ in Colorado Springs.
“Immigration is a federal responsibility. It’s not in the city’s purview but because we have not taken care of the crisis at our southern border, it’s meeting our city. I do call on the president of the United States and federal partners to help us to ensure that this crisis doesn’t impact our city,” Mobolade said from his downtown office during an afternoon broadcast on Facebook Live.
Mobolade took to social media on Friday to reiterate Colorado Springs is not a designated sanctuary community and reassured viewers there is not currently a migrant crisis in the city or El Paso County.