COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – As the Colorado Springs City Council plans to re-affirm its status as a “non-sanctuary city” on Tuesday, one city councilman is urging a much stronger approach.
Councilman Dave Donelson tells KRDO13 in light of a second reading of a resolution that he originally wrote back in February, which declares Colorado Springs a “non-sanctuary city”, he wants to see more action instead of just talk.
Donelson says one of the reasons the re-affirmation of that resolution, comes in light of the ongoing debate and discussion over the alleged takeover of a Venezuelan Gang at an apartment complex in Aurora, CO.
Donelson says he plans to propose at city council meeting on Tuesday, that the city’s attorney and Mayor Yemi Mobolade should look into joining an active lawsuit against the State, and that the council should also call on the Governor to repeal laws that he believes have enabled Colorado to become a “sanctuary state.”
He claims that two bills, passed in 2019 and 2023, have hindered law enforcement in being able to detain or track the influx of tens of thousands of migrants who have come to Colorado, specifically Denver, in recent years, and its why he wants to take action with the second reading happening on Tuesday.