Tracking what's destroying Colorado
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
Drawing a chilling parallel to Minnesota's explosive welfare fraud epidemic—where Somali immigrants siphoned billions from programs like Housing Stabilization Services and child nutrition, funneling millions back to Al-Shabaab terrorists via hawala networks—Colorado faces its own invasion of fiscal abuse. Under Governor Jared Polis's sanctuary-state policies, Denver has become ground zero for undocumented immigrants exploiting state-funded healthcare like OmniSalud and Cover All Coloradans, with costs exploding over 600% to $32 million in FY2026 alone after absorbing 42,000 border crossers. Federal probes by CMS and House Republicans uncovered 45,000 suspect Medicaid enrollments in Colorado, amid accusations of identity theft, overbilling, and "emergency" care loopholes that bleed taxpayers for non-emergencies. Like Minnesota's "schemes stacked upon schemes," critics warn Colorado's lax oversight invites fraud rings preying on programs meant for citizens, diverting resources from vulnerable Americans while sanctuary laws shield data from ICE—potentially costing the state millions in federal matching funds.
If Minnesota's a cautionary tale of welfare dollars arming Al-Shabaab, Colorado's the sequel nobody asked for: A taxpayer-funded fiesta for illegals, courtesy of Polis and his Denver Democrat machine. Up north, Somali fraudsters looted $250 million from kid nutrition scams and ballooned "housing aid" to $104 million in one year—pure fiction, fake companies, kickbacks galore—while hawala hustlers wired the spoils to jihadists. "The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer," one fed source nailed it. Cut to the Centennial State: We've got 36,000+ noncitizens sucking down "emergency" Medicaid every month, OmniSalud subsidies exploding to $20 million for 14,000 enrollees who don't even flash ID, and Cover All Coloradans—Polis's pet project—ballooning from a $2 million estimate to $50 million+ after Denver's migrant hotel party for 42,000 unvetted arrivals.
This isn't compassion; it's conquest. Federal audits just flagged 45,000 bogus Medicaid rolls in Colorado alone, with Trump-era CMS demanding data on every procedure, every pill—because we all know "emergency" means everything from routine checkups to elective surgeries when borders are sieves. Identity theft? Check—illegals swiping SSNs to game the system, just like the DOJ's busting rings selling fakes for welfare hits. Overbilling? House GOP's Comer is hauling Polis in for answers on waste that's juiced costs 600% since Biden's floodgates opened. And sanctuary stupidity? Polis's laws block ICE from peeking, turning our health data into a black hole for fraud while threatening $18 million in fed bucks if we don't cough up the truth.
Folks, this is the progressive paradise: Reward lawbreakers with freebies, punish citizens with the bill—$16 billion nationwide on "emergency" care for illegals under Biden, per CBO. Denver's streets reek of it: Tent cities, ERs jammed, locals waitlisted while cartels cash in. Time to seal the border, axe these slush funds, and enforce the law like Reagan meant it. No more funding foreign foes or foreign freeloaders on our dime. Demand audits, deport the drain, and vote out the virtue signalers before Colorado's just another blue-state bust.