TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – The Teller County Sheriff’s Office is now the first in the state to join a federal immigration task force with deputies who will work directly with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
It all comes after the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Mikesell two weeks ago for a lawsuit that was filed by the ACLU back in 2019.
Some of Mikesell’s deputies will be called “Designated Immigration Officers,” who can look into people’s immigration status once they’ve been arrested for another crime…