A Denver judge Tuesday again barred Gov. Jared Polis from ordering state employees to comply with a subpoena from federal immigration officials for Coloradans’ personal information.
The ruling marks the latest loss for the governor in the lawsuit brought against him to stop the sharing of information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the past year.
The case was first brought last June by Scott Moss, the former director of the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics at Colorado’s Department of Labor. Moss alleged Polis directed him to comply with an April 2025 subpoena from ICE requesting the personal information of 35 people serving as sponsors for unaccompanied immigrant children. Colorado law prohibits state officials from providing personal information to federal immigration officials unless it is related to a criminal investigation…