Colorado Democrats use a lot of energy and our tax dollars encouraging migrants to come here illegally and then remain as non-citizens, rather than promoting legal U.S. citizenship.
And here they go again.
A state Senate panel this week passed radical legislation to further restrict deportation activities of federal immigration officers in every Colorado city.
Plus, the bill kills current requirements that migrants be actively pursuing legal citizenship when applying for a driver’s license or in-state tuition to a public university, which is subsidized by taxpayers.
And shamefully, not a single reporter or Democrat voter is asking why the legislature is incentivizing non-citizens to retain their illegal status.
The pending bill is SB25-276, and It’s being hailed as a civil rights protection law for illegal aliens.
The legislation is sponsored by the usual radical suspects, including state Sens. Julie Gonzales of Denver and Mike Weissman of Aurora, and state Reps. Lorena Garcia of Adams County and Elizabeth Velasco of Glenwood Springs.
If enacted, it would shield criminals by further blocking federal law enforcement access to jails, hospitals, and schools to make arrests.
Democrats also included a scheme to allow non-citizen lawbreakers to take back their guilty pleas and vacate their convictions on non-felony crimes that might add cause for their deportation.
Those crimes include theft, disorderly conduct, check fraud, and criminal trespass. Plus, traffic violations that includes reckless driving, careless driving resulting in physical injury to another person, overtaking a school bus, drag racing, spilling loads on highways, and driving through construction zones over 25 mph over speed limit.
The questions Coloradans should be asking themselves is why Democrats are so determined to encourage illegal immigration, subsidize them with our tax dollars while cutting our own services, and passing more laws to encourage folks to maintain their illegal status rather than pursing U.S. citizenship once here.
Yesterday, House Republicans fought 14 hours for a better, smarter, safer budget. When we looked into this year’s proposed budget, we found at least $39M allocated for illegal immigrants over lifelong Coloradans. Watch our breakdown of those costs here ⏬ #copolitics #coleg pic.twitter.com/UR2FV4QnYO
— Colorado House Republicans (@COHouseGOP) April 10, 2025
It’s modern-day slavery that keeps immigrants in low wage jobs, dependent on government welfare, and voting Democrat while working at menial jobs for less wages than their U.S. citizen counterparts.
This kind of governing only serves to dissuade migrants from pursuing the American dream that can only be realized with full citizenship, self-reliance, and hard work.
The measure has already passed the State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, and now goes before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday before proceeding to the full Senate for a vote.
