Democrats punish cops for helping ICE. In Colorado, enforcing federal law gets you suspended—because protecting illegal aliens matters more than protecting Americans.
Three Colorado sheriff’s department employees — two deputies and a sergeant — were suspended without pay for violating a new sanctuary state law that prohibits them from sharing information with federal immigration agents.
Mesa County Sheriff Todd Rowell took the action after an internal review of events leading up to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention of Utah college student Caroline Dias-Goncalves last month.
The 19-year-old nursing student from Brazil was pulled over by Deputy Alexander Zwinck in a traffic stop on June 5 after she was allegedly tailgating a semi-truck.
The deputy released Dias-Goncalves with a warning. But 20 minutes later, ICE agents stopped her and arrested her for an expired visa. READ MORE