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On the evening of Thursday, July 16, a woman was shot in the leg by an employee of the GEO Group, Inc. outside of the ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado. According to news reports, the GEO Group employee was later arrested. The ACLU of Colorado issued a statement condemning the shooting.

Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, the fight to protect immigrants' rights in Colorado, and across the United States, has alarmingly escalated. Our affiliate in Colorado, alongside the American Civil Liberties Union's national organization and its dozens of other affiliates, have been hard work in community and in the courts challenging the inhumane, and unlawful actions of the federal government against our immigrant neighbors.

ACLU of Colorado condemns the opening of a new immigration detention center in Colorado after The GEO Group, Inc (GEO) announces it was awarded a five-year contract to operate the facility in Hudson, Colorado.

The 2026 legislative session was a challenging one. As communities face extraordinary threats to their civil and constitutional rights across the country, Colorado lawmakers had a critical opportunity to enact key protections in our state and challenge bad bills that threaten those rights.