DOJ sues Colorado and Denver for alleged interference in immigration enforcement

[ad_1] The Department of Justice sued the state of Colorado and town of Denver for allegedly interfering with federal immigration enforcement.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in Colorado District Court docket, accuses the state and its most populous metropolis of implementing "sanctuary legal guidelines" in violation of the Supremacy Clause of the Structure.

"The USA has well-established, preeminent, and preemptive authority to manage immigration issues," the lawsuit reads.

Sanctuary cities confer with areas that search to guard migrants with out authorized standing and which have restricted cooperation with federal officers to implement immigration legal guidelines.

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Officers collect outdoors one of many condemned buildings of an condo complicated referred to as The Edge at Lowry after a information convention to stipulate that the 5 housing constructions have been closed by town, Feb. 19, 2025, in Aurora, Colorado. (AP)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforces federal immigration legal guidelines throughout the nation however solicits assist from state and native officers, notably for large-scale deportations. The company additionally asks police departments and sheriff's places of work to flag migrants it desires to deport and maintain them till federal brokers can take custody.

The Division of Justice has filed related lawsuits difficult "sanctuary insurance policies" in Rochester, New York, and Chicago.

Attorneys for the division argue Colorado's "sanctuary insurance policies" allowed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) to grab management of an condo complicated within the Denver suburb of Aurora.

Native officers have described President Donald Trump’s claims that the gang had taken over giant areas of town as exaggerated, however admitted that the condo complicated was terrorized, together with by individuals with hyperlinks to TdA.

The Division of Justice has filed related lawsuits difficult "sanctuary insurance policies" in Rochester, New York, and Chicago. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)

The lawsuit in Colorado lists the defendants as Gov. Jared Polis, the state Legislature, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and Colorado Legal professional Normal Phil Weiser.

Polis' workplace stated Colorado just isn't a sanctuary state and recurrently works with native, state and federal regulation enforcement companies.

"If the courts say that any Colorado regulation just isn't legitimate then we are going to observe the ruling," spokesperson Conor Cahill advised The Related Press. "We aren't going to touch upon the deserves of the lawsuit."

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The DOJ's lawsuit lists the defendants as Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the state Legislature, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and Colorado Legal professional Normal Phil Weiser. (Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos)

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Republicans in Congress have tried to strain officers in Democratic-led cities to cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration policies, which embody guarantees of mass deportations.

The GOP lawmakers summoned the mayors of Denver, Boston, New York Metropolis and Chicago to testify final month earlier than the Home Committee on Oversight and Authorities Reform. Nevertheless, the mayors pushed again and defended their cities as welcoming locations and never lawless hazard zones. The mayors additionally referred to as on Congress to cross immigration reform.