Rep. Gabe Evans Introduces His First Bill
WASHINGTON — Former cop Congressman Gabe Evans today introduced his first bill: The Unhandcuffing Police to Locate and Interdict Foreign Transgressors (UPLIFT) Act. The UPLIFT Act pushes back against Colorado's sanctuary state policies, supports local police, and helps get dangerous criminals off our streets.
The bill targets the three Colorado sanctuary state policies highlighted in the letter Rep. Evans led with Reps. Boebert and Crank to Governor Polis about Colorado’s immigration problems.
➡️ Countering Colorado’s SB 21-131 by prohibiting a state or local government from restricting public servants from sharing information about an illegal immigrant reasonable suspected of a crime with federal immigration officials.
➡️ Countering Colorado’s HB 23-1100 by prohibiting a state or local government from restricting public servants in facilitating contracts with private companies that use public facilities for immigrant detention.
➡️ Countering Colorado’s HB 19-1124 by clarifying the authority of ICE detainer requests and grants legal immunity to local officials complying with said detainers.
➡️ Creating a path to justice for Coloradans harmed by sanctuary policies by allowing victims of murder, rape, and other felonies to sue the state or local government entity that refused to honor an immigration detainer request and released an illegal immigrant who later committed a violent crime against the victim.
Background:
Colorado Reps. Hurd, Boebert, and Crank are co-sponsors on the bill.
This legislation comes less than a week before Rep. Evans will press Denver Mayor Mike Johnston about his sanctuary city policies on Capitol Hill next week.
Colorado has made it more difficult for local law enforcement to hold dangerous illegal immigrants accountable by preventing ICE and local law enforcement from coordinating with each other.
Colorado’s sanctuary state policies have made life more dangerous and more difficult for law enforcement, leading to situations like the migrant crisis in Denver – which has disrupted Colorado’s school and hospital systems – and the immigrant gang Tren De Aragua in Aurora.