Denver is refusing to allow an airline that contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand its activities at the city’s airport in protest of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign.
The city council voted 11-1 on Monday to reject a contract with Key Lime Air, which an October investigation by Colorado Newsline found operated 83 ICE flights in September alone.
“Our city chose to stand with immigrants and against the expansion of deportation flights because we know that our immigrant neighbors deserve a city that welcomes everybody,” Denver City Councilmember Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez told POLITICO in a statement. “I’m proud of [the] Denver City Council for nearly unanimously rejecting the expansion of Key Lime Air out of Denver International Airport.”…