Colorado's migrant crisis is reaching a fever pitch, and municipalities are desperate to stop the influx — especially as it pertains to foreign criminals.
The once serene mountain state has taken in a record number of illegal aliens during the Biden-Harris administration, and residents have paid a hefty price.
Local leaders are considering lawsuits against the state itself and the state capital for practices that encourage and assist illegal immigration.
The Daily Caller reports:
The town council of Castle Rock, Colorado, voted unanimously earlier this month to explore the possibility of suing Denver over its sanctuary city policies, according to CBS Colorado. The Denver suburbs of Aurora and Parker are also considering suing the city over its policies regarding immigrants as illegal migrant crime continues to weigh on residents across the state.
Aurora came under national spotlight after a group of armed, Venezuelan migrants were shown on camera roaming through an apartment building, and reports surfaced of them forcing the occupants to pay them. Coloradans insist it isn't an isolated event, but the Democrat governor of Colorado (who had a centerstage speaking slot at the DNC within weeks of the controversy) flat out denied it was happening, despite video evidence.
The Daily Caller continues:
Douglas County and El Paso County announced a separate lawsuit in April against the state of Colorado that seeks to strike down two sanctuary laws that largely impede local law enforcement's ability to cooperate with federal immigration authorities — with Elbert, Garfield, Mesa and Rio Blanco counties joining in on that lawsuit the following month. The lawsuit being waged by the Colorado counties seeks to strike down House Bill 19-1124 and House Bill 23-1100, which were signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, a major proponent of sanctuary city policies in recent years.
Retired Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office director and current congressional candidate John Fabbricatore told to the Daily Caller News Foundation, “Everyone is starting to realize that sanctuary cities do not protect citizens. They only protect criminals. Originally, when sanctuary city laws were written up, the left tried to pass them off as protecting immigrants, but immigrants don't need protection from ICE because they are here legally. The only thing sanctuary cities really protect are those committing crimes, and as we see this influx of migrant crime, we are starting to see people realize that sanctuary cities are not in their best interest and that's where these lawsuits are coming from.”
While sanctuary laws have existed in the United States since San Francisco established Ordinance No 12-H in 1989, they became wildly popular in response to the Trump administration in blue cities and states. Now, law abiding American citizens are left navigating the fall out.
The Daily Caller explains:
House Bill 19-1124 prohibits local law enforcement from handing information over to ICE, and House Bill 23-1100 prohibits localities from entering into intergovernmental agreements with federal officials for civil immigration enforcement. Critics argue that both laws make it more difficult for deportation officers to operate in Colorado and are unconstitutional, according to a press release from Douglas County.
Castle Rock Councilmember Max Brooks told the Daily Caller News Foundation, “This motion is specific to stopping Denver from bringing in more illegal migrants and exacerbating the damage already caused on neighboring communities as these migrants and criminals seek shelter and criminal opportunity outside of Denver.”
Earlier this year, notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua gave their members in Colorado the green light to begin targeting and murdering police — a popular practice in their country of origin. A Venezuelan migrant that killed a police officer argued it was “normal” where he came from.
