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A county in Colorado is suing its own state over sanctuary immigration policies, according to a new filing.
Douglas County filed a lawsuit on Monday morning against Governor Jared Polis and the Centennial State, in reference to Colorado House bills 19-1124 and 23-1100. The state is currently seeking the right to comply with the federal government on immigration matters, which the bills prohibit.
Specifically, the bills forbid Colorado police from arresting and detaining undocumented immigrants based on immigration status. It also prevents state judges from exchanging information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Local Colorado governments are also prohibited from entering into agreements with the federal government on matters related to immigration enforcement under the bills.
We are not going to be cutting services to our residents.”
Other similar lawsuits have been filed in the past five years. In 2018, Huntington Beach’s city council voted 6-1 to sue the state of California over an immigration-related law signed by former Gov. Jerry Brown. An Orange County court ruled in favor of the city.
A volunteer attorney works with Venezuelan migrants to help them begin the work permitting process at a local hotel in Denver, Colorado on February 5, 2024. (Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Fox News reached out to Governor Polis for a statement, but his office declined to comment.
