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Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., criticized Colorado leaders, arsenic the authorities and the metropolis of Denver are presently being sued by the Department of Justice implicit their migration policies, and shared however Congress tin measurement in.
"[Denver] Mayor Mike Johnston was unwilling to alteration policies that don't adjacent let his metropolis employees to coordinate with ICE agents. And that besides is simply a coupling with Colorado authorities laws arsenic well. And unfortunately, Gov. Jared Polis has not budged connected those either. In fact, the Democrats who tally our authorities legislature person gone adjacent further. They privation to expedite and marque driver's licenses instantly disposable for those who are successful our authorities illegally," Boebert told Fox News Digital successful an interrogation connected Tuesday.
The lawsuit, filed Friday successful Colorado District Court, accuses the authorities and its astir populous metropolis of implementing "sanctuary laws" successful usurpation of the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. Colorado has go a nationalist focal point, arsenic it was revealed to beryllium a hotbed for the Venezuelan pack Tren de Aragua.
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Rep. Lauren Boebert chats with reporters aft leaving the level of the House Chamber astatine the U.S. Capitol connected Wednesday, June 21, 2023 successful Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
"The United States has well-established, preeminent, and preemptive authorization to modulate migration matters," the suit reads.
ICE enforces federal migration laws across the state but regularly needs further enactment from authorities and section officials, peculiarly for large-scale deportations. The bureau besides asks constabulary departments and sheriff's offices to emblem migrants it wants to deport and clasp them until national agents tin instrumentality custody.
The Department of Justice has filed akin lawsuits challenging "sanctuary policies" successful Rochester, New York, and Chicago.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks connected signifier during the 3rd time of the Democratic National Convention astatine the United Center connected Aug. 21, 2024 successful Chicago. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
"At a legislature level, different than codifying what President Trump is doing with his Executive Orders, we bash person the powerfulness of the purse present successful the House," the Republican said.
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"And truthful we request to statesman to withhold backing from these sanctuary cities and truly empower those who are obeying national laws to bash that more, incentivizing them with those national dollars and with programs that payment their areas," she continued.
President Donald Trump precocious enactment distant an enforcement bid threatening to chopped national backing to "sanctuary jurisdictions" if those governments bash not marque superior changes.
Possible members of the Tren de Aragua pack based successful Venezuela were heavy equipped and caught connected surveillance camera wrong an Aurora, Colorado, flat complex. (Left: Edward Romero)
However, Boebert had a straightforward connection for Colorado leaders arsenic the national authorities continues its migration crackdown. As the Trump medication marked its archetypal 100 days past month, ICE noted the apprehension and deportation of much than 65,000 amerciable immigrants, thousands of whom had transgression charges oregon were already recovered blameworthy of a crime.
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"Obey national law. If you privation these national dollars to travel backmost and bless Colorado, Colorado is simply a beauteous state, and they cognize that. And we privation to promote radical to travel to Colorado to beryllium there, to beryllium with us, and to person a harmless community."
"Colorado is not a sanctuary state. The State of Colorado works with local, authorities and national instrumentality enforcement regularly and we worth our partnerships with national instrumentality enforcement agencies to marque Colorado safer," a spokesperson for Polis’ bureau said.
Fox News Digital reached retired to Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s bureau for comment.
Fox News’ Landon Mion contributed to this report.
Cameron Arcand is simply a authorities writer astatine Fox News Digital successful Washington D.C. Story tips tin beryllium sent to [email protected] and connected Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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