A letter sent Tuesday argued the city shouldn’t enforce a new mask mandate ordered by the Tri-County Health Department because a portion of their city is in Dougco.
We applaud ICE for providing access to a vaccine that will at least bring some relief when people are stripped of their liberties so they don t have to fear they re going to be stripped of their lives, says Laura Lunn, a lawyer who represents ICE detainees in Colorado through the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network.
The Aurora facility, which is run by the private prison company GEO Group through a contract with ICE, was the site of an extended outbreak among ICE detainees in the fall of 2020. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the facility also dealt with outbreaks of other infectious diseases, including mumps and chicken pox.