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Michael Johnston: “The state law and city law prohibits us from proactively…”

Featuring: Michael Johnston, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Denver | Colorado

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Full conversation Denver Mayor Mike Johnston lays out city's response to Trump immigration policies

Published | Video Starts at 02:37

Are there things that you could be doing to help that you choose not to? No. At this point, I think we found the right balance. The state law and city law prohibits us from proactively asking someone's status or proactively sharing those people's identities. But again, when they ask us for someone based on their identification of a criminal database and or a federal immigration database, we partner to connect them with them and we think that's reasonable. (02:37–02:45)

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Asserts that Denver is restricted by state and city law from proactively inquiring or sharing immigration status.

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