Stop ICE Overreach In Colorado
No Coloradan – citizen or not – should be targeted by ICE overreach based on their appearance, accent, or other characteristics. We should vote NO on Amendment 81 to limit the power of ICE in Colorado, not expand it.
A NO vote will:
- Limit ICE’s power in Colorado, not expand it.
- Protect Coloradans from being profiled or targeted by ICE based on how they look, talk, or other characteristics.
- Protect due process rights by making sure no Coloradan is reported to ICE before a court has found them guilty of a crime and before they have a chance to prove their citizenship.
We should limit ICE’s power in Colorado, not expand it.
Colorado has laws that protect our communities from ICE overreach. Amendment 81 would expand ICE’s power in Colorado, requiring local law enforcement to act as an arm of Trump’s deportation machine. We should vote no because we need to limit the power of ICE agents, not expand it.
Coloradans deserve due process rights even if they don’t have their documents on them.
Amendment 81 requires local law enforcement to report anyone to ICE if they cannot determine their lawful presence and they do not have documents on them, like a passport that proves their citizenship, even if they have not been found guilty of a crime. A missing passport shouldn’t land Coloradans in the hands of ICE. We should vote no on Amendment 81 because it denies due process for anyone who is accused of a crime.
Don’t open the door for all Coloradans, including citizens, to be targeted by ICE based on how they look or talk.
Amendment 81 opens the door for ICE to target all Coloradans, citizens and non-citizens alike, because it requires the police to report any Coloradan accused of a crime to ICE if they suspect they are not here legally based on their appearance, accent, or language they speak – even if they aren’t undocumented. We should vote no on Amendment 81 because law enforcement shouldn’t be forced to make a judgment based on personal characteristics.
Coloradans have a right to innocence until proven guilty.
Under Amendment 81, local law enforcement would be required to report someone to ICE simply because they have been charged with a crime and can’t prove citizenship – all before any court has found them guilty of the charges. We should vote no on Amendment 81 because charging someone is not the same as finding them guilty, and this measure would deny due process to people who are accused, but not found guilty of anything.