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Colorado Officials Have Turned over Records to ICE Four Times This Year — Including Once by Mistake
MESA COUNTY, COLORADO, JUL 22 – Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued a Mesa County deputy for illegally sharing information with ICE, leading to a student's arrest amid rising ICE detentions in the state this year.
- On July 25, 2025, Colorado’s Attorney General Phil Weiser initiated a civil lawsuit against Mesa County Deputy Alexander Zwinck for unlawfully aiding federal immigration officials following a traffic stop near Loma on June 5.
- The lawsuit was filed after Deputy Zwinck disclosed details about 19-year-old Utah resident Caroline Dias Goncalves in a private Signal chat, resulting in her detention by ICE despite Colorado law prohibiting local authorities from participating in civil immigration enforcement.
- Separately, Colorado state agencies received nine ICE subpoenas this year requesting personal data, and the labor department complied with three subpoenas, including one fulfilled erroneously under Governor Jared Polis' directive.
- A state judge ruled last month one subpoena did not qualify for a criminal investigation exception, and labor employee Scott Moss successfully sued to block compliance, citing overly broad requests by ICE under the Trump administration.
- These events highlight ongoing tensions over state compliance with federal immigration demands, prompting new procedures to review subpoena responses and investigations into improper information sharing by law enforcement.
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The Fort Morgan Times
Longmont Times-CallColorado officials have turned over records to ICE four times this year — including once by mistake
Colorado state officials have turned over records requested by immigration authorities at least four times this year — including once by mistake, Gov. Jared Polis’ office said Tuesday. The state Department of Labor and Employment provided records to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to three subpoenas from the agency this year, Polis’ office said. One of those was a request that state officials “erroneously” complied with. The…
Colorado Newsline
Colorado AG Weiser sues Mesa County sheriff’s deputy over ‘illegal coordination’ with ICE
Body camera footage shows a Mesa County Sheriff's deputy conducting a traffic stop of Utah student Caroline Dias Goncalves on June 5, 2025. Dias Goncalves was arrested by federal immigration authorities shortly thereafter. (Screenshot from Mesa County Sheriff's Officer YouTube)Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said Tuesday that he had taken legal action against a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy over an alleged violation of state laws prohibitin…
Colorado Springs Gazette
Denver GazetteColorado AG sues Mesa County sheriff's deputy over assisting ICE
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a civil lawsuit against a Mesa County Sheriff's Office deputy who tipped ICE off to a a college student who has overstayed her visa.
Denver Post
Colorado sheriff’s deputy who alerted ICE to Utah student violated state law, AG says
Mesa County sheriff's Deputy Alexander Zwinck violated Colorado law when he shared information with federal officials that led to Utah college student Caroline Dias Goncalves’ immigration arrest last month, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday.
Colorado governor won’t say if state handed over residents’ personal information to ICE
Did Gov. Jared Polis hand over Coloradans’ personal information to federal immigration officials? He won’t say. Shelby Wieman, a spokesperson for Polis, declined to respond to a question Monday about how the state has handled nine subpoenas received from the feds since February seeking personal information about Coloradans. Some of the subpoenas — obtained and published by The Colorado Sun on Friday — appear to be very similar to a subpoena that…
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