08/27/2019
Denver officers continue working to keep communities safe – despite Colorado’s sanctuary law
DENVER – Despite Colorado’s sanctuary law, deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to detain and remove unlawfully present criminal aliens as a part of their day-to-day operations to help keep local communities safe. The vast majority of those they arrest are aliens with criminal convictions, and/or criminal charges, and/or aliens with final orders of removal issued by a federal immigration judge.
The recently enacted sanctuary law in Colorado prohibits state-based law enforcement officers or probation officers from arresting or detaining criminal aliens solely on the basis of an immigration detainer. What this means for the safety of Colorado citizens is that local law enforcement jurisdictions must release aliens with criminal convictions and/or criminal charges without notifying ICE so they can be placed in removal proceedings. Aliens convicted of serious crimes – sex assault on a child, driving under the influence, and other crimes – now must be released to the streets without notifying ICE so they can re-offend in Colorado’s local communities or elsewhere.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/denver-officers-continue-working-keep-communities-safe-despite-colorados-sanctuary
