AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A migrant and housing advocacy group is asking questions about how the Aurora Police Department carried out an operation that led to the arrest of 16 undocumented immigrants.
The Housekeys Action Network Denver said Thursday the agency went too far by using ICE agents to take people into custody.
When Aurora police went to investigate a call for help regarding a home invasion and kidnapping at the Edge at Lowry complex, ICE agents went too. That has Housekeys Action Network Denver organizers concerned.
“We believe that this is a testing ground right now in Aurora. For them to try out to see how far they can go when it comes to detaining migrants without proper cause , and forcing them into deportation status in a lot quicker fashion,” Housekeys Action Network Denver Organizer V Reeves said.
The Network said several migrants who had nothing to do with the reported crime were detained by APD and then arrested by ICE.