Democrat Mayor Signs Executive Order To Detain ICE Agents

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This executive order is sure to backfire.

The Democratic mayor of Denver, Colorado, has signed an executive order calling for city officers to detain ICE agents.

In the executive order, Mayor Mike Johnston has ordered Denver police officers to detain ICE agents who use “excessive force.”

Fox News provided further details on the mayor’s controversial executive order:

Denver Democratic Mayor Mike Johnston announced an executive order Thursday directing city authorities to detain an ICE agent considered to have used excessive force against or who “assaults or shoots or kills” civilians in the Mile High City.

The announcement comes weeks after Philadelphia’s top prosecutor made headlines by likening ICE agents to Adolf Hitler’s Geheime Staatspolizei and warning of similar repercussions that have yet to be put into practice, as Johnston’s now have.

“To protect Denver, our first responders will always provide life-saving aid to anyone who is injured, no matter who injured them,” Johnston said on the steps of the city government’s plaza downtown.

“No ICE officer gets to stand in our way of saving someone’s life. To protect Denver, if we see any ICE officer using excessive force against a Denver resident, we will step in to detain that officer and remove them from the situation,” Johnston said, adding federal agents should be held to the same standard as city police officers.

“Regardless of what the federal government does, we will not abdicate our responsibility to prosecute crimes in our city.”

Watch Johnston make the announcement here:

The Denver Gazette reported how Denver’s Police Chief responded to the mayor’s executive order:

Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said the executive order makes it clear that Denver will protect its residents, and federal agents are expected to follow local laws and public safety regulations.

“While local police officers cannot and would not legally obstruct or interfere with lawful immigration enforcement actions, all law enforcement officers have a statutory obligation to intervene if they witness illegal or excessive force being used by any law enforcement officer, to include federal agents,” Thomas said.

Denver City Attorney Miko Brown said provisions in the executive order would apply to all city-owned property, which could include parks and facilities such as the National Western Complex.

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