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DOUGLAS COUNTY , Colo. — Douglas County has filed a lawsuit against the State of Colorado over what it's calling"unconstitutional" immigration laws that"prohibit local government from cooperating with federal immigration.It targets two laws signed by Gov. Jared Polis in recent years. The first is House Bill 19-1124, which prohibits law enforcement from assisting in non-criminal immigration and prohibits probation officers from giving information to U.S.
"It is our intent to bring suit specifically to address the illegal immigration crisis," said Commissioner Teal. "Federal policies along the southern border has resulted in an unlimited string of illegal immigrants into our communities and we see it as the duty of the county to push back against the state laws that prohibit us from working with federal authorities to keep Douglas County and our communities safe," Teal said.
Douglas County sues State of Colorado over what it calls 'unconstitutional' immigration laws "What we need is communication and cooperation, and probably most importantly, information sharing with our federal partners," he said."I would really like to see more information sharing so we can act upon what we learned from our federal partners, and they can act upon what they learned from us.
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