Posted on 02/28/2025 3:16:21 PM PST by Libloather
Law enforcement in Colorado and other states could soon have an easier time coordinating with federal authorities on immigration issues, especially when it comes to busting gangs and drug traffickers.
Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., introduced the "Unhandcuffing Police to Locate and Interdict Foreign Transgressors (UPLIFT) Act" in Congress earlier this week to prompt public officials in Colorado and nationwide to communicate with feds about illegal immigrants who are believed to have committed other crimes, even though certain state laws limit their ability to do so.
"State laws have a national impact, because if federal law enforcement uses information from a criminal justice database, and Colorado provided that information, the state and local cops in Colorado who provided that information can get in trouble," Evans said in an interview with Fox News Digital. "And so the feds don't want to get their state and local partners in trouble."
The Republican noted that his suburban Denver district has made national headlines related to the border and illegal immigration crisis, despite being hundreds of miles away from the border itself.
In January, the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested roughly 50 illegal immigrants, many of whom had ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which the Trump administration now classifies as a foreign terrorist organization, Fox News Digital reported.
"I mean, look at the Tren de Aragua nightclub takedown that happened in my district, by the way," he said.
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I am little worried (and so is Tom Homan) that the deportations are lot slower than they should be.
Maybe, they should sweep the Red, ICE friendly states first!
That will get rid of huge amount of illegals!
Create publicity, let other illegals to either self deport or move to sanctuary states/cities.
That may create uproar there, and eventually the sanctuaries will be so overwhelmed, they will have to let ICE do their job there!
See Martha’s Vineyard treating illegals, when they found them there!
Anyone harboring or supporting this “bloodthirsty” foreign gang in any way should be deported along with them, one way, never to return.
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