{"id":21252,"date":"2019-03-18T14:41:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T18:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=21252"},"modified":"2019-03-18T14:41:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T18:41:06","slug":"has-colorados-governor-forgotten-the-anti-sanctuary-promise-he-made-to-voters-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/03\/18\/has-colorados-governor-forgotten-the-anti-sanctuary-promise-he-made-to-voters-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Colorado’s Governor Forgotten The Anti-Sanctuary Promise He Made To Voters?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
While campaigning for governor last year, then-Congressman Jared Polis (D) promised not to support legislation to make Colorado a sanctuary state. He subsequently reinforced this pledge during a televised debate<\/a> after being asked point-blank about whether he supports sanctuary cities. He responded with a single-word answer: \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now that he\u2019s governor, Polis\nhas an opportunity to back up that promise with a firm veto threat against some\nvery real and dangerous sanctuary legislation currently under consideration in\nthe Colorado General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n House Bill (HB) 1124<\/a> is a disastrous proposal that would inflict even more damage than the open-borders lobby has with California\u2019s sanctuary laws. Among other provisions, the bill seeks to \u00a0deny Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to local jails and state prisons, prohibits law enforcement from cooperating with ICE, ignores immigration detainers, and releases criminal aliens back into the community, just for starters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The results of California\u2019s sanctuary provisions have been predictably catastrophic. Today, illegal aliens are 231 percent more likely to be incarcerated for a crime in California than U.S. citizens and legal immigrants combined, according to FAIR\u2019s recent crime study<\/a>.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Colorado\u2019s bill would go further still, including none of the exceptions even in California\u2019s sanctuary law, SB 54<\/a>. At least California gives law enforcement the option to cooperate with immigration authorities if an illegal alien has been convicted of any one of 31 serious crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, will Gov. Polis rise to\nthe occasion to keep his campaign promise and deny illegal aliens yet another\nsanctuary haven? There\u2019s good reason to\nbe skeptical. Despite his pledge, the\ngovernor actually has a shoddy record when it comes to immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While serving in Congress, Polis voted in 2015<\/a>, 2016<\/a>, and 2017<\/a> against legislation which would\u2019ve outlawed sanctuary cities nationwide and denied federal funding to local governments. He even voted against<\/a> a bill to re-authorize funding for the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n