40 General Assembly Democrats Call on Colorado's Congressional Delegation to Resolve the Immigration Crisis

Denver, CO – In response to reports about the Trump administration's detention of asylum seekers in abysmal conditions, 40 Democrats in the General Assembly wrote the following letter calling on Colorado's Congressional delegation to resolve the immigration crisis facing our country:We, the undersigned members of the Colorado General Assembly, are appalled to read reports about the Trump administration’s detention of asylum seekers in abysmal conditions, and the recent reports of ICE’s plans to conduct deportation raids this week across the country and here in Colorado. These actions are meant to stoke fear and undermine the community’s trust, which will make us all less safe. We remind Colorado’s immigrant and refugee families that the U.S. Constitution protects us all, regardless of our immigration status. To that end, we share Know Your Rights [link: https://www.informedimmigrant.com/how-to-prepare-yourself-for-an-immigration-raid/] resources so that families can avail themselves of Constitutional protections. We also invite Coloradans to call the Colorado Rapid Response Hotline at 1-844-864-8341 to document and report concerns about ICE activity. Lastly, we call on our Colorado Congressional delegation — both Republicans and Democrats, in both the House and Senate — to stop pointing fingers and to get to work to resolve this immigration crisis. Coloradans elected us all to solve real problems, and we need you, our partners in Congress, to support common-sense and humane solutions that align with the American public’s support, including reforming our broken immigration system, ensuring greater accountability of ICE, and ending the separation of families by ensuring fair asylum processes. Respectfully, [In alphabetical order by last name] Speaker KC BeckerRepresentative Adrienne BenavidezRepresentative Shannon Bird Senator Jeff BridgesRepresentative Yadira CaraveoRepresentative James Rashad Coleman Senator Lois Court Representative Lisa Cutter Senator Jessie DanielsonRepresentative Monica DuranRepresentative Tony ExumRepresentative Daneya EsgarSenator Steve Fenberg Senator Rhonda Fields Senator Mike FooteSenator Joann Ginal Senator Julie Gonzales Representative Serena Gonzales-GutierrezRepresentative Chris HansenRepresentative Leslie HerodRepresentative Edie Hooton Representative Dafna Michaelson JenetRepresentative Cathy KippSenator Pete LeeRepresentative Susan LontineRepresentative Julie McCluskie Representative Barbara McLachlan Senator Dominick Moreno Senator Brittany Pettersen Senator Robert RodriguezRepresentative Jonathan Singer Representative Emily Sirota Senator Tammy Story Representative Brianna Titone Senator Nancy ToddRepresentative Alex Valdez Representative Mike Weissman Senator Angela WilliamsSenator Faith WinterSenator Rachel Zenzinger