Trump Admin Sues Colorado, Denver Over 'sanctuary Laws,' Alleged Interference In Immigration Enforcement

The Department of Justice sued nan authorities of Colorado and nan metropolis of Denver for allegedly interfering pinch national migration enforcement.

The lawsuit, revenge Friday successful Colorado District Court, accuses nan authorities and its astir populous metropolis of implementing "sanctuary laws" successful usurpation of nan Supremacy Clause of nan Constitution.

"The United States has well-established, preeminent, and preemptive authority to modulate migration matters," nan suit reads.

Sanctuary cities mention to areas that activity to protect migrants without ineligible position and that person constricted practice pinch national officials to enforce migration laws.

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Officers stitchery extracurricular 1 of nan condemned buildings of an flat analyzable called The Edge astatine Lowry aft a news convention to outline that nan 5 lodging structures person been closed by nan city, Feb. 19, 2025, successful Aurora, Colorado. (AP)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforces national migration laws crossed nan state but solicits support from authorities and section officials, peculiarly for large-scale deportations. The agency besides asks constabulary departments and sheriff's offices to emblem migrants it wants to deport and clasp them until national agents tin return custody.

The Department of Justice has revenge akin lawsuits challenging "sanctuary policies" successful Rochester, New York, and Chicago.

Attorneys for nan section reason Colorado's "sanctuary policies" allowed nan Venezuelan pack Tren de Aragua (TdA) to prehend power of an flat analyzable successful nan Denver suburb of Aurora.

Local officials person described President Donald Trump’s claims that nan pack had taken complete ample areas of nan metropolis arsenic exaggerated, but admitted that nan flat analyzable was terrorized, including by group pinch links to TdA.

The Department of Justice has revenge akin lawsuits challenging "sanctuary policies" successful Rochester, New York, and Chicago. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The lawsuit successful Colorado lists nan defendants arsenic Gov. Jared Polis, nan authorities Legislature, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser.

Polis' agency said Colorado is not a sanctuary authorities and regularly useful pinch local, authorities and national rule enforcement agencies.

"If nan courts opportunity that immoderate Colorado rule is not valid past we will travel nan ruling," spokesperson Conor Cahill told The Associated Press. "We are not going to remark connected nan merits of nan lawsuit."

REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS SEEK TO STRIP DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OF ITS SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES

The DOJ's suit lists nan defendants arsenic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, nan authorities Legislature, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Republicans successful Congress person attempted to unit officials successful Democratic-led cities to cooperate pinch nan Trump administration’s migration policies, which see promises of wide deportations. 

The GOP lawmakers summoned nan mayors of Denver, Boston, New York City and Chicago to attest past period earlier nan House Committee connected Oversight and Government Reform. However, nan mayors pushed backmost and defended their cities arsenic welcoming places and not lawless threat zones. The mayors besides called connected Congress to walk migration reform.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.