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City attorney: Colorado law bars local cooperation with federal civil immigration detainers absent a judge-signed warrant
Summary
Loveland's city attorney briefed the council on Colorado Revised Statutes 24-76.6102, advising that local law enforcement cannot act on federal civil immigration detainers unless accompanied by a judge-signed warrant and warned the council that cooperation beyond joint warrants is prohibited under state law.
The Loveland City Council received a legal briefing from City Attorney Vince Jungless on Colorado law governing federal immigration detainers and the limits it places on local law enforcement and municipal resources.
Jungless told council that under Colorado Revised Statutes 24-76.6102, local law enforcement officials are "prohibited from acting on civil detainers that are issued by the immigration service for The United States" unless a federal judge signs a warrant…
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