Senate adopts resolution calling on federal agencies to end anonymous immigration enforcement tactics

The Colorado Senate on Feb. 2 adopted Senate Joint Resolution 006, a nonbinding statement urging federal immigration agencies to adopt transparent enforcement practices — including ending routine use of masked or unidentified personnel and unmarked vehicles when operating in Colorado. Senator Weisman, a sponsor, asked the chamber to read the resolution at length and offered an amendment to correct an agency attribution (CBP versus ICE); the amendment was adopted.

Senator Weisman framed the resolution with a personal family narrative and national statistics, saying immigrant Coloradans are vital to the state's civic and economic life and that opaque enforcement practices produce fear and harm in communities. "We hope it speaks for itself," he said, and read the resolution that calls on federal partners to adopt visible agency identification and to avoid civil enforcement in or near schools, courthouses, clinics, and faith spaces except where there is a verified and imminent public-safety threat.

The minority leader praised engagement but said he could not support the resolution in its present wording and wished there had been more time to refine parts of it; nevertheless the Senate approved the resolution by recorded vote 20–12 with three excused. Cosponsors were added by unanimous consent.

The resolution is a statement of the General Assembly's view and does not change state law; it requests federal practice changes and urges continued state-level investment in transparency and community-reporting tools.