immigration and customs enforcement
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Federal judge weighs release of detained man tortured in home country
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A federal judge on Friday considered whether to release a man in custody who suffered torture at the hands of government authorities in his home country and who remains detained, even after prevailing on multiple occasions in recent immigration proceedings. Exactly two years ago, the Denver-based federal appeals court concluded an immigration judge’s decision to…
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Federal judge ‘troubled’ by unknown location ICE intended to transfer detained man
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A federal judge stated on Monday he was “troubled” by allegations that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was planning to transfer a man in custody outside of Colorado to an unknown location. Two years ago, Dennis Arostegui-Maldonado won a favorable ruling in his immigration case from the Denver-based federal appeals court. Subsequently, he received an order…
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Q&A with John Leopold | Retired Colorado judge signed brief about federal arrest of Wisconsin judge
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In late April, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation posted a picture to social media of handcuffed Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah C. Dugan, who authorities arrested at her courthouse for allegedly obstructing immigration agents. The charging documents accused Dugan of confronting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel who were planning to arrest…
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Release hearing ordered for Aurora detainee held for 21 months in ICE custody
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A federal judge last month ordered a hearing to determine if a detainee in Aurora who has spent the last 21 months in immigration custody should be released during the remainder of his removal proceedings. More than two decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized a noncitizen’s detention could be constitutionally unreasonable beyond six months. In…
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10th Circuit rejects appeal of Aurora immigrant detention facility operator in class-action suit
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The federal appeals court based in Denver declined last week to decide the appeal of the private company that operates an immigrant detention center in Aurora, concluding it had no ability to weigh in on the class-action lawsuit before trial. The plaintiffs are detainees who originally filed suit in 2014. They claimed GEO Group, which…
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Teller County deputies cannot carry out immigration duties contrary to state law, appeals court rules
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Wednesday that the Teller County sheriff cannot rely on an agreement with the federal government to authorize his deputies to perform immigration duties state law prohibits — specifically, the continued detention of noncitizens beyond their release from custody. In 2019, the state legislature enacted a law forbidding local law enforcement…
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Federal judge calls government unjustified in attempt to keep non-citizen detained
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A federal judge has determined the government was unjustified in its fight to keep a woman locked up in an Aurora immigrant detention center while her deportation case proceeded. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney ordered the federal government last September to hold a hearing to determine whether Brenda Viruel Arias should be released from…
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Ban of local immigration detention agreements heads to Polis’ desk
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An effort to further reduce local involvement in federal immigration operations passed the Colorado legislature last week and now needs only final approval from Gov. Jared Polis. If signed into law, House Bill 1100 would prohibit state and local governments, law enforcement agencies and jails from entering or renewing contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
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Federal judge finds woman’s 14-month detention in Aurora immigration facility violates Constitution
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While the U.S. Supreme Court has deemed it acceptable for authorities to detain immigrants facing deportation for a “brief period,” a federal judge ruled on Monday that a woman’s 14-month detention in Aurora without a bond hearing violated her constitutional right to due process. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer directed the government…
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Tancredo, Neville team up to fight sanctuary city policies
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DENVER – Republican state Sen. Tim Neville of Littleton has joined forces with former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo in an effort to combat what Neville calls a major public safety issue: “sanctuary city” policies that bar local law enforcement from enforcing federal immigration laws. A bill backed introduced in the state legislature by Neville would…