Aurora wrestles with "sanctuary city" label as immigrant fears escalate

Article subtitle: 
City insists it is not a sanctuary city but does not enforce immigration law on behalf of the federal government
Article CAIRCO note: 
The article mistakenly referrs to illegal aliens as "immigrants"
Article author: 
John Aguilar
Article publisher: 
Denver Post
Article date: 
4 April 2017
Article category: 
Colorado News
Tags: 
Colorado
enforcement
sanctuary cities
illegal immigration
Article link: 
Excerpts are included below - read the original complete article
Medium
Article Body: 

Concerned immigrants [illegal aliens] and their advocates came before the Aurora City Council on Monday night to urge the city not to shed its sanctuary status — a status city leaders argue doesn’t even apply to Aurora.

Resident Maria Guerrero told the council that many members of Aurora’s racially diverse community are scared by what they see in the news, as President Donald Trump continues to take a hard line approach to illegal immigration.

“They are scared of being detained based on how they look,” she said.

Monday’s discussion comes as the Trump administration threatens to withhold federal funds from communities that do not cooperate with immigration authorities. Aurora took in about $11.5 million in federal funds in 2015...

[Aurora] Mayor Steve Hogan told the audience that the city’s policies haven’t changed since the new administration came into office in January.

The city doesn’t obstruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement from doing its job, but it doesn’t enforce federal law on behalf of the agency either.

“It’s not up to us to tell ICE we’re holding someone they may be interested in,” he said...

 

 

CAIRCO Research

Sanctuary Cities in America, including Denver and Aurora, Colorado

Article final link: 
The above article contains excerpts - we encourage you to read the complete original article
The CAIRCO Report
Advocating for the rights of future generations of Americans.
Our primary focus includes issues of Western Civilization, American sovereignty, sustainability,
and the environmental and societal consequences of unending immigration-driven population growth.
This website is a project of Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform (CAIRCO) - founded in the mid 1990s.
Copyright 1995-2024 Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform
Fair Use: This site contains copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of issues related to mass immigration and the transformation of America. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information, see: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108, https://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/10.html, and https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fair_use. In order to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond "fair use", you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.