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Colorado Congressional Members Accuse ICE of Trying to Prevent Oversight of Detention Facilities
Colorado Democrats raised concerns about conditions and transparency during a tour of the privately run Aurora ICE facility housing over 1,100 detainees, amid ongoing legal challenges.
- On Aug. 11, 2025, Colorado’s Democratic U.S. House delegation visited the GEO Group-operated ICE facility in Aurora, emerging with more questions than answers.
- ICE’s seven-day notice requirement prompted Colorado’s Democratic U.S. House delegation to schedule an oversight visit on Aug. 11, 2025, amid ongoing access issues.
- During the visit, more than 1,100 detainees were on lockdown and senior ICE personnel declined to provide detainee data.
- Amid ongoing legal efforts, a U.S. District Court judge called the Aurora ICE facility’s conditions `abhorrent` while lawmakers argued that continued denial of access violates federal law.
- ICE data indicate a sharp rise in arrests this year, with most Colorado arrestees lacking prior convictions and over 40,000 immigrants arriving in metro Denver since December 2022, costing taxpayers nearly $90 million.
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Colorado congressional members accuse ICE of trying to prevent oversight of detention facilities
By Shaun Boyd Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — Democratic Rep. Jason Crow says he was first denied access to the immigration detention facility in Aurora, and now, Crow says he’s being denied basic information about who is being held there. Crow and Colorado’s three other Democratic U.S. House members — Reps. Diana DeGette, Joe Neguse, and Brittany Pettersen — visited the ICE facility Monday after giving seven days’ not…
Colorado congressional members visit ICE facility
DENVER (KDVR) — A handful of Democrats in Colorado's congressional delegation went inside the GEO ICE facility in Aurora on Monday. The visit comes as they try to gain clarity and access from the Trump administration about what is going on there. They spoke with members of the press after the visit to share what they say they saw. Groups demand that Denver’s Flock license plate cameras be turned off Democratic U.S. House members from Color…
Colorado's Democratic members of Congress tour ICE detention center in Aurora, leave with questions
The Democratic half of Colorado’s U.S. House delegation visited Colorado’s immigrant detention facility Monday and emerged with more questions than answers. This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. “After my 10th visit, this has been the most difficult visit in terms of getting information, getting answers out of the facility — out of the employees — and being obstructed from conductin…
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Montrose Daily PressColorado Democrats tour ICE detention center after previous denial of entry
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow speaks alongside, from left, U.S. Reps. Brittany Pettersen, Joe Neguse and Diana DeGette after the Colorado officials toured the GEO Group-run ICE detention center in Aurora on Monday. (Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline)Colorado’s four Democratic U.S. House members visited an immigration detention center in Aurora on Monday morning and said many of their questions to facility staff went unanswered, a departure from previous tour…
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