Colorado lawmakers rejected a bill Tuesday that would have required state and local police to intervene when federal immigration agents use excessive force. Clifford said existing law already requires police to intervene in excessive force incidents and prevents police officers from cooperating with ICE. (Olivia Prentzel, The Colorado Sun)“People want us to regulate ICE, and we can’t do it,” he said. “If they think that by passage of (the bill) they will have protection to know who those ICE officers are, they’re going to be mistaken,” she said. That bill would prohibit state and local government agencies from transporting people detained by ICE for deportation purposes.
