The City of Albuquerque has sent President Donald Trump’s campaign an invoice for $211,175.94 for his rally in Rio Rancho in September.President Trump’s campaign stopped in the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho area on Sept. 16 and required Albuquerque Police Department assistance, as well as city employees to vacate facilities for certain hours on two workdays during which the president was in town.“Our resources for law enforcement are critical and limited. The president’s campaign stop in the Albuquerque area cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, including over 1,500 hours of police overtime that was required by the campaign,” said Mayor Tim Keller. “We are asking the Trump campaign to pay our taxpayers back for the costs from his campaign stop.”According to the city, it cost $132,831 for paid time off for city employees who had to leave their place of employment early, $71,242 for APD services and $7,102 for barricades. The amount is due on Nov. 16.

The City of Albuquerque has sent President Donald Trump’s campaign an invoice for $211,175.94 for his rally in Rio Rancho in September.

President Trump’s campaign stopped in the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho area on Sept. 16 and required Albuquerque Police Department assistance, as well as city employees to vacate facilities for certain hours on two workdays during which the president was in town.


“Our resources for law enforcement are critical and limited. The president’s campaign stop in the Albuquerque area cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, including over 1,500 hours of police overtime that was required by the campaign,” said Mayor Tim Keller. “We are asking the Trump campaign to pay our taxpayers back for the costs from his campaign stop.”

According to the city, it cost $132,831 for paid time off for city employees who had to leave their place of employment early, $71,242 for APD services and $7,102 for barricades.

The amount is due on Nov. 16.