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El Paso County Delegation Supports Efforts to Bring Federal Immigration
Office to Colorado Springs
The El Paso County Board of Commissioners, Sheriff Terry Maketa, 4th Judicial
District Attorney John Newsome and the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce are
working with members from the Colorado General Assembly to establish a federal
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office in El Paso County.
The most recent effort to bring a new ICE office and holding facility to
Colorado Springs includes two letters, signed by members of the Colorado Senate
and House of Representatives, which have been sent to congress, requesting
authorization and funding for an ICE office. Senators Dave Schultheis, Andy
McElhany, Ron May and John Morse, and Representatives Larry Liston, Amy
Stephens, Kent Lambert, Michael Merrifield, Bill Cadman, Stella Garza Hicks,
Marsha Looper and Bob Gardner all signed the letters to United States Senators
Allard and Salazar and Congressman Doug Lamborn.
“These bipartisan letters of support for an ICE office in Colorado Springs
demonstrate the need to relieve the constant overcrowding of our local jail,”
said County Commissioner Jim Bensberg.
A federal ICE office will also be able to implement preventative programs
such as, Operation Predator to address child exploitation, cyber crimes,
fugitive operations, human smuggling, drug trafficking from Mexico and worksite
enforcement.
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