By Noah Festenstein | Denver Gazette
A Denver district court has dismissed a lawsuit that Douglas County filed against the state of Colorado over its “sanctuary” statutes that restrict local law enforcement officials from working with federal authorities on illegal immigration, according to the county’s lawyer.
The lawsuit targeted a 2023 law that restricts the ability of state and local governments from making agreements with federal immigration officials over the detention of immigrants who are unlawfully staying in the country, as well as a 2019 statute that blocks local law enforcers from arresting or detaining an immigrant solely on the basis of a federal immigration detainer.