Hickenlooper signs executive action barring Colorado resources from being used to separate immigrant families
The Denver Post
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday took executive action barring any state resources from being used toward the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrants illegally crossing the bordering to the U.S. from their children — a decision that’s unlikely to have widespread impacts, but which sends a strong rebuke to the White House.
“To see the images and hear from religious leaders, psychological professionals and academics — political individuals from all backgrounds — unanimously to condemn this kind of activity is rare,” Hickenlooper said at a news conference. “That you see that broad a consensus with that same passion and sense of urgency (is rare). ”
The term-limited Democrat and potential 2020 presidential candidate added: “We wanted to make sure that we added our sense of urgency with that.”
Roughly 2,000 children were separated from their parents under the Trump administration’s policy in a six-week span between May and April.
It wasn’t immediately clear Monday if any of Colorado’s state resources have been assisting — or were slated to assist with — the separation of immigrant families.
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