By Noah Festenstein | Denver Gazette
Douglas County is backing President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation plan, arguing it supports public safety, which contrasts with Denver, whose mayor has vowed to resist federal immigration agents deporting illegal immigrants in his city.
On Tuesday, Douglas County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution embracing Trump’s “use of federal immigration and customs enforcement for the safe and lawful deportation of immigrants illegally in the United States,” the resolution states.
“Open and insecure border policies and local sanctuary declarations and laws have resulted in a mass illegal migration into the United States,” the resolution states, arguing “sanctuary” status has cost Colorado government entities over $350 million.