Initiative 289 would allow open entry and bar employment discrimination on visa status, proponents say
Initiative 289 is described as requiring an open immigration policy allowing anyone to enter and remain in Colorado without a visa and prohibiting employment discrimination based on citizenship or visa status; staff pressed proponents to define terms and to address federal supremacy concerns.
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Staff summarized initiative 289 as mandating an open immigration policy in Colorado and asked the proponents to define key terms such as "visa," "citizenship," and "visa status." Emerson Sturgess replied that a visa would be "a document providing permission to enter or stay in Colorado" and that citizenship would be the Colorado citizenship defined in initiative 288. Staff asked how proponents reconcile a policy allowing anyone to enter and stay with the Supremacy Clause; proponents reiterated that many provisions are intended to operate only if Colorado were independent.
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