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Division of Justice suing state of Colorado, metropolis of Denver, native leaders over “sanctuary” insurance policies

Editorial Board Published May 3, 2025
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The Division of Justice has filed a lawsuit in opposition to the state of Colorado, town of Denver and an inventory of native leaders. The go well with claims state and metropolis legal guidelines labeled as “sanctuary” insurance policies are harmful and hurting the Trump Administration-led efforts to deport people who find themselves right here illegally.

Donald Trump onstage in October 2024 throughout a presidential marketing campaign rally at Gaylord Rockies Resort in Aurora.

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The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal courtroom in Denver and states “The United States has well-established, preeminent, and preemptive authority to regulate immigration matters.” It particularly mentions the controversial house complicated in Aurora which President Trump claimed final 12 months had been taken over by a Venezuelan gang. Justice Division attorneys argue Colorado’s insurance policies allowed Tren de Aragua to grab management of the constructing.

Native officers have referred to as Trump’s claims that the gang had taken over massive swaths of town exaggerated, however acknowledged the house complicated was terrorized, together with by folks linked to Tren de Aragua.

The lawsuit calls out metropolis ordinances and state legal guidelines just like the one blocking native legislation enforcement businesses from serving to federal immigration authorities. It claims Denver and Colorado’s insurance policies “by intent and design interfere with and discriminate against the Federal Government’s enforcement of federal immigration law,” as acknowledged within the lawsuit’s criticism.

The go well with asks the courtroom to rule these legal guidelines are unlawful and a violation of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Structure.

It lists the next folks as plaintiffs:

– Gov. Jared Polis– Colorado Lawyer Basic Phil Weiser – Denver Mayor Mike Johnston– Denver Sheriff Elias Diggins

A spokesperson for the governor’s workplace reponded to the lawsuit saying they “will not comment on the merits of the lawsuit” however declared that Colorado isn’t a “sanctuary state.”

“The State of Colorado works with local, state and federal law enforcement regularly and we value our partnerships with local, county and federal law enforcement agencies to make Colorado safer. If the courts say that any Colorado law is not valid then we will follow the ruling,” the spokesperson stated.

A Denver mayor’s workplace spokeperson launched a remark as effectively, saying town “will not be bullied or blackmailed, least of all by an administration that has little regard for the law and even less for the truth.” It went on to say that “Denver follows all laws local, state, and federal and stands ready to defend its values.”

In March Johnston traveled to Washington DC to testify earlier than the Home Committee on Oversight and Authorities Reform concerning the metropolis’s insurance policies relating to undocumented immigrants. Republican representatives grilled Johnston and mayors of Boston, Chicago and New York and stated the cities’ insurance policies of not handing over such people who find themselves picked up for crimes are placing police in danger and most people as effectively.

A spokesperson for the Colorado Lawyer Basic’s Workplace launched a press release saying their workplace “is committed to defending Colorado law and has done so successfully in the past in this area. We stand ready to do so again.”

In February, a number of native governments throughout the U.S. filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Trump administration over its crackdown on cities with sanctuary metropolis insurance policies. The president signed an govt order earlier this week calling on the Justice Division to analyze sanctuary cities that don’t cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration insurance policies in an effort to withhold federal funding from them.

There is no such thing as a strict definition for sanctuary insurance policies or sanctuary cities, however the phrases typically describe restricted native cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE enforces U.S. immigration legal guidelines nationwide however seeks state and native assist, notably for large-scale deportations, and requests that police and sheriffs alert ICE to folks it needs to deport and maintain them till federal officers take custody.

The Division of Justice has filed related lawsuits in opposition to Chicago and Rochester, New York.

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