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DENVER – The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit today against the GEO Group, Inc., for the wrongful death of Kamyar Samimi. Mr. Samimi, a Legal Permanent Resident, died in December 2017, after two weeks in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Aurora Contract Detention Facility (ACDF), a for-profit detention center operated....
Immigrants’ Rights

DENVER – The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit this morning seeking previously requested records related to the arrest, detention, and subsequent death of Kamyar Samimi, an Iranian man who died on December 2, 2017 while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Aurora Contract Detention Facility, a for-profit detention center....
Immigrants’ Rights

A letter was sent to Denver Sheriff Gary Wilson requesting that Denver County stop honoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers, which are requests by the federal government that states and municipalities hold prisoners until ICE can determine their immigration status, often past the time they would otherwise be released . The letter....
Criminal Justice, End Immigration Detainers, Immigrants’ Rights

An investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (ACLU) revealed that the Garfield County Sheriff’s Department (GCSD) has referred several victims of domestic violence to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, resulting in those individuals being placed in deportation proceedings because they chose to report acts of domestic violence....
Immigrants’ Rights, Women’s Rights

In a letter sent today, the ACLU of Colorado urged the Roaring Fork School Board to adopt a policy prohibiting the current practice of School Resource Officers (SROs) collaborating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). School resources officers are employed by local police departments to work in schools to promote school safety and build....
Immigrants’ Rights, Racial Justice, Student and Youth Rights

After receiving reports that the Gypsum Post Office has been refusing post office boxes to Latino residents of the town who have presented clearly valid and legally sufficient identification (“ID”) on the grounds that the IDs are not “local” or are not “from here,” ACLU Attorney Rebecca T. Wallace wrote a letter to....
Freedom of Expression & Religion, Immigrants’ Rights, Racial Justice

A U.S. citizen improperly held in a county jail for months was finally released after the ACLU of Colorado contacted the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE). Although the individual had been sentenced to community corrections, his transfer from jail was obstructed by an ICE “hold,” used for the purpose of investigating....
Immigrants’ Rights

The ACLU of Colorado wrote a letter in support of parole for two non-U.S. citizens recently detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (“ICE”). The two men are currently being held in detention pending deportation by ICE, even though there is little likelihood that they can be deported elsewhere. Both men were....
Immigrants’ Rights

When a legal permanent resident could not get her driver’s license renewal application approved for over nine months, the ACLU of Colorado wrote the Colorado Department of Revenue (which oversees the Division of Motor Vehicles) requesting an explanation. The application was held up for over nine months, during which time the woman submitted at....
Immigrants’ Rights

The ACLU of Colorado and Colorado Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”) worked together to stop the unjustified detention of persons entering a downtown federal building. The Rogers Federal Building houses a number of federal agencies, including the Executive Office of Immigration Review, the court that hears pending....
Immigrants’ Rights