Investigation shows DMV employees helped ICE agents detain undocumented immigrants
DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) Two Colorado lawmakers are drafting legislation that would prevent Coloradans’ personal information from being shared for the purpose of civil immigration enforcement after hundreds of emails show state Department of Motor Vehicle staff helped U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement find immigrants.
“Over 200 emails show staff in the DMV fraud investigations unit operating as unofficial deputized immigration officers by proactively helping ICE identify, surveil and detain individuals in all instances without a warrant, order or subpoena,” said the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, or CIRC.
In 2013, Colorado lawmakers passed the Colorado Road and Community Safety Act, which allowed some DMV offices to offer driver’s licenses to Colorado immigrants without documentation. Now, undocumented immigrants say the information they were encouraged to share with the state i
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