The Department of Justice has filed a case against the list of Colorado State, Denver City and local leaders. The suit claims that the laws of the state and the city have been labeled “Sanctuary” policies Are dangerous and are damaging the efforts of Trump administration, which are illegally here.
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The lawsuit was filed in the federal court in Denver on Friday and stated that “the United States has well established, prevalent and pre-rights to regulate immigration cases in the United States.” This especially refers to the controversial apartment complex in Arora President Trump claimed last year A Venezuela was taken by a gang. The lawyers of the Department of Justice argue that the policies of Colorado allowed train de Aragua to confiscate the control of the building.
Local authorities called Trump’s claims that the gang had exaggerated the large health of the city, but admitted that the apartment complex was terrorized, including people associated with train de Argua.
The lawsuit calls city ordinances and state laws such as helping local immigration officers blocking local law enforcement agencies. It claims that Denver and Colorado’s policies “discriminate against interference with intentions and design and enforcement of the federal immigration law of the federal government,” as stated in the case of the case.
The lawsuit asks the court to rule the laws that are illegal and a violation Supreme segment Of the US Constitution.
This lists the following people as a plaintiff:
– village. Jred Police
– Colorado Attorney General Phil Veser
– Denver Mayor Mike Johnson
– Denver Sheriff Eliosis Digins
A spokesman for the Governor’s office prosecuted, saying that he would not “comment on the qualification of the trial” but announced that the Colorado “Sanctuary is not” state “.
The spokesperson said, “The state of Colorado regularly works with local, state and federal law enforcement and we give importance to their partnership with local, county and federal law enforcement agencies to make colloids safe. If the courts say that any Colorado law is not valid, we will follow the ruling,” the spokesman said.
Spocner, an office of a Danver Mayor, issued a comment saying that the city would not be “black or blackmailed by a administration,” which is very low for the law and even less for truth. “It was said that” Denver follows local, state and federal laws and is ready to protect its values. ”
Johnson in March Washington DC traveled to testify Before the House Committee on monitoring and government’s reforms about the city’s policies about unspecified migrants. Republican representatives grilled the mayors of Johnson and Boston, Chicago and New York and said that the policies of cities not handing over to such people to be taken up for crimes are risking the police and also the general public.
A spokesperson of the Colorado Attorney General’s office issued a statement stating that his office is “committed to defending the Colorado law and successfully in the past in the region. We are ready to do so again.”
In February, many local governments across America Filed a case The sanctuary against the Trump administration on its crack on cities with policies of the city. chairman Signed an executive order Earlier this week, the Department of Justice was called to investigate the sanctuary cities, which do not cooperate with the immigration policies of the Trump administration, trying to withdraw federal money from them.
There are no strict definitions for sanctuary policies or sanctuary cities, but words typically describe limited local cooperation with immigration and customs enforcement. Ice implements us to nationwide immigration laws but wants State and local helpParticularly for large -scale exile, and requests that police and Sheriffs alert snow to those who want to deport it and catch them until federal officials take custody.
The Department of Justice has filed similar lawsuits against Chicago and Rochester, New York.
