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Gov. Jared Polis to attend Trump’s inauguration

By 01/19/2025 | updated 1 year ago

Gov. Jared Polis will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as president.

Polis’ office said he would do in his capacity as chair of the National Governors Association.

“As chair of the National Governors Association, I’m leading a national bipartisan group of America’s governors to attend the Presidential inauguration,” Polis said in a news release. “The relationship between states and the federal government is critical to getting things done and delivering for Americans, and I look forward to making sure that the voice of the Governors and the states is heard in Washington D.C.”

Polis has criticized Trump’s plans to impose tariffs and enact the largest deportation program in American history. He has also said he would welcome federal agents in Colorado, which has attracted tens of thousands of immigrants who illegally crossed the southern border, to detain and deport “dangerous criminals.” Still, the Colorado governor insisted that the state would not support plans to send people who hadn’t broken any other laws back to their home countries.

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In a recent speech, Polis suggested that businesses would be handicapped by a mass deportation program that could sweep their workers.

Colorado has found itself at the center of the illegal immigration debate even before the activities of a Venezuelan gang called Tren de Aragua came to light. TdA, which originated in the prisons of Venezuela, is known for targeting immigrants and is believed to be behind a spree of kidnappings, extortion and other crimes tied to immigrants from South and Central America.

Local authorities now concede that the gang infiltrated three apartment complexes in Aurora. More recently, the Aurora police arrested several men alleged to have invaded an apartment unit and kidnapped and tortured a couple.

Polis, along with other officials, had downplayed the extent of the gang’s tentacles in metro Denver.

Since December 2022, roughly 43,000 immigrants — mainly from South and Central America who crossed the southern border illegally — have come to Denver.

Originally, local officials believed Denver’s draw was its proximity to Mexico and its status as a “sanctuary city.” But Texas officials in El Paso believe that the city’s offer of shelter and onward travel — while well intended — actually made Denver a magnet for immigrants.

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