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Colorado Lawmakers Shut Down Sheriff’s Participation in ICE 287(g) Program
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2023
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2023, page 53
On February 22, 2023, Colorado state court judge Scott A. Sells held that Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell had legal authority to participate in an controversial agreement with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – despite a 2019 state law prohibiting law enforcement officials in the state from holding anyone ...
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