Colorado Notification of U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Certain Criminal Charges and Immigration Status Initiative

Current assessment

Requires DHS notice after qualifying charges when lawful presence is unconfirmed; a prior felony makes any new charge sufficient.

What still needs an answer

• Check status-verification and correction safeguards; broad 287(g) evidence is not a direct estimate of this notification rule.
• Should these criminal-charge and unconfirmed-immigration-status triggers require notice to federal immigration authorities before conviction? Verification and correction safeguards still need checking.

Source check and limits

Official fiscal statement and Blue Book pp. 15–16 verify scope; neither establishes net safety effects.

Reference documents

• content.leg.colorado.gov · source 1
• content.leg.colorado.gov · source 2