# @denverwestword on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-06-10T15:19:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Denver Westword (@denverwestword) — https://gondola.cc/denverwestword

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Colorado’s largest union for state government employees and civil rights advocates have sued Governor Jared Polis for allegedly directing state employees to give the personal information of families sponsoring immigrant children to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

“We steadfastly oppose the unjust and cruel ICE raids that are ripping apart our families, our communities and our countries,” Diane Byrne, the president of Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (WINS), which represents 27,000 state government employees, said. “We are outraged as state employees that our governor wanted us to actively support that assault on our community and make us accomplices.”

Colorado WINS will be joining a lawsuit against Polis alongside Towards Justice, a nonprofit labor rights law firm and advocacy group, leaders from both groups announced during a press conference on Monday, June 9. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court of Colorado on June 4 by Scott Moss, the director of the Colorado Division of Labor Standards and Statistics.

“We are deeply concerned by the allegations in this case,” said David Seligman, the executive director of Towards Justice. “Colorado will not do the bidding of ICE, but the governor’s cooperation with ICE flies in the face of Colorado law. Why is the governor going out of his way to help Donald Trump and ICE?” 

✍️ Read the full story by Bennito L. Kelty at westword.com or at the link in our bio. 
📸 Bennito L. Kelty 

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