Law enforcement in Colorado and other states could quickly become easier to coordinate with federal authorities on immigration issues, particularly when it comes to destroying gangs and drug traffickers.
R-Colo. Rep. Gabe Evans, of Congress earlier this week, told Congress earlier this week that he referred police to stop police in searching and stop foreign offenders (brupts), urged public servants across the country to communicate with the Fed about illegal immigrants believed to limit other lawsuits, even if they committed other lawsuits.
“State law has a national impact, because if federal law enforcement uses information from criminal justice databases and Colorado provides that information and provides that information, the information is in trouble,” Evans said in an interview with Fox News Digital. “And the Fed doesn’t want to bother the state and local partners.”
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Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans works at the Colorado State Capitol on February 8, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. (RJ Sangosti/Medianews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Republicans noted that his suburban Denver district is hundreds of miles away from the border itself, but he made national headlines related to the border and the illegal immigration crisis.
In January, the Drug Enforcement Bureau arrested around 50 illegal immigrants. Many of them were associated with Venezuelan gangster Tren de Aragua.
“I mean, by the way, seeing the Tren de Aragua nightclub takedown that happened in my district,” he said.
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President Donald Trump will sign an executive order to stop Tren de Aragua on his first day in office on January 20, 2025. (Reuters/Getty)
“State and local law enforcement agencies knew who those people were. They weren’t allowed to do anything, and he said that some of these challenges “have a direct impact on community safety.”
Evans also responded to possible criticism that if the bill were passed it would hamper state rights.
“Under the hegemony clause, under the fact that this is explicitly mandated to the federal government, this is not a trampling on the rights of the state, and this does not exaggerate the 10th amendment,” he argued.
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Federal and local law enforcement officials carried out a drug and immigrant raid at a makeshift nightclub on 6600 Federal Boulevard in Adams County, Colorado, early Sunday, January 26, 2025. (Helen H. Richardson/Medianews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
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This is his first bill to be introduced in the room as the House members were sworn this January. The law is sponsored by Colorado Republican lawmakers Lauren Beaubert, Jeff Crank and Jeff Heard.
“We are proud to be the original co-sponsor of the Uplift Act. [CO-3] If Colorado is working with federal law enforcement, working illegally, especially with regard to dangerous offenders here, will be safer,” Hurd tweeted.
House Resolution 1680 has been introduced to the House Judiciary Committee for the next step.
