Last month, F.B.I. agents arrested a Milwaukee judge on charges of obstructing justice, with authorities saying she had directed an undocumented immigrant out of her courtroom through a side door while federal immigration agents waited in a hallway to arrest him. The judge’s legal team has vowed to contest the charges.
The Colorado lawsuit comes shortly after more than 100 people that federal agents said were undocumented immigrants were arrested in a raid of a Colorado Springs nightclub, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. About 50 of the city’s police officers assisted federal agents.
That city’s mayor, himself an immigrant from Nigeria, told The New York Times that he supported the arrests.
“This immigrant mayor says, if you’re here illegally and you’re committing a crime, there should be consequences,” said Mayor Yemi Mobolade, a political independent. “You should be deported.”
Mr. Trump also has long vilified another Colorado city, Aurora, as overrun by the Venezuelan street gang, Tren de Aragua. On the campaign trail, Mr. Trump frequently mentioned the sprawling suburb east of Denver, and shortly after his inauguration, federal agents raided dilapidated apartment complexes there where immigrants had lived without working plumbing or heat. ICE wouldn’t say how many people were arrested in that raid, or if it had detained any gang members.
