The union representing more than 27,000 state employees in Colorado announced Monday it is joining a whistleblower lawsuit against Gov. Jared Polis.
The lawsuit alleges that Polis improperly directed the state Labor Department to release the personal information of sponsors of unaccompanied immigrant children to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Union leaders, along with Towards Justice Executive Director David Seligman and state Sen. Julie Gonzales, argued at a Monday news conference in front of the Denver City and County Building that Polis had violated two state laws.
“We steadfastly oppose the unjust and cruel ICE raids that are ripping apart our families, our communities and our country, and we are outraged as state employees that our governor wanted us to actively support that assault on our community and make us as state workers, accomplices in an illegal and morally reprehensible act,” said Diane Byrne, the president of the union Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions.
President Donald Trump has pledged mass deportations, and his administration has undertaken an aggressive program of immigration enforcement throughout the country. Colorado is a particular focus of Trump’s immigration agenda, and he has often singled out Aurora for scrutiny.
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