Immigration rights groups rallied outside the Colorado State Capitol Monday evening, demanding the state take more aggressive action on the stalled tuberculosis investigation at the Aurora ICE detention facility.
The Adams County Health Department (ACHD) said the GEO Group, the company that operates the detention center, refused to allow ACHD inside the Aurora ICE detention facility to complete a state-mandated health investigation following a confirmed tuberculosis case in a detainee in June. ACHD responded by issuing a public health order on June 25 to require the GEO Group to comply with state public health laws surrounding tuberculosis investigations.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) gave the GEO Group a July 17 deadline to grant access to the information needed to complete the health investigation. That deadline came and went without resolution.
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Immigrant rights groups are now calling on the state health department to issue its own public health order, hoping it could lead to action…