You can feel the panic through the press conference bunting. The Denver Post lays out how Colorado Democrats went from quietly tweaking limits on ICE cooperation to rallying on the Capitol steps in Denver with a fresh package of bills aimed at blocking ICE harder and louder.
Last spring it was cautious and delayed. Ten months later, it is chants of Abolish ICE, talk of banning former ICE agents from Colorado law enforcement, tightening detention rules, and letting Coloradans sue federal immigration authorities.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Colorado Democrats and immigration advocates unveiled a new package of immigration bills at a rally on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol in Denver.
- The bills are framed as a response to President Trump’s mass-deportation agenda and increased ICE activity, including operations in Denver, Aurora, Colorado Springs, Durango and the high country.
- Lawmaker described proposals to restrict ICE cooperation further, tighten detention-center rules, and allow lawsuits against federal immigration authorities.
- Another proposal discussed would prohibit state law enforcement officers from wearing masks and prevent former ICE agents from becoming certified for Colorado agencies.
- Gov. Jared Polis said he is open to discussion but skeptical of additional measures, warning about constitutional concerns and confusion given existing protections.
My Bottom Line
The community has been calling for it? Tell me, what community?! Because here’s my community calling for something: for the Colorado legislature to stop virtue signaling to its radical base and start doing the boring grown-up work of public safety and lawful cooperation.
Let’s not pretend this is about “protecting Coloradans” in the general sense. My community calls for you to stop your sanctuary policies. My community calls for you to stop funding illegal healthcare via medicaid. If you want to make housing affordable, decrease demand by deporting those here illegally. That’s not cruelty. That’s math the Denver/Boulder Bubble keeps failing on purpose.
Translated: if the goal is to make it harder for law enforcement to work together, the winners are bureaucrats and activists, and the losers are the neighborhoods that actually deal with the fallout.
And spare me the moral preening about “local control” from the same folks who treat counties like field offices. Rules for thee, exemptions for me, classic.
If it worked, they wouldn’t need a rally.
We can disagree without lying. If lawmakers want our trust, show me the numbers, write policy that targets real criminals, and stop building a state government that treats federal law like a suggestion and Weld County like a wallet. Cooperate on dangerous criminals, protect due process, stop the sanctuary games, and measure results instead of applause lines.
Source: The Denver Post
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