CO: Sheriff Calls Out Trump Admin Over “Intimidating” Police to Work With ICE

Source: Newsweek

“A Colorado sheriff accused President Donald Trump’s administration of using ‘intimidation’ to force police to work with federal immigration authorities. On April 28, Trump signed an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to publish a list of states and local jurisdictions ‘that obstruct the enforcement of Federal immigration laws.’ ‘This executive order is an attempt to federalize, by intimidation, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office to do the current administration’s bidding on their political cause of the day,’ San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters said in a statement on Friday. … ‘Although I am Sheriff of this great county for only another 30 days, I want to assure our local residents that during my short remaining tenure, I will follow Colorado law and not permit the federal government to use my office for political purposes.'” (05/04/25)

https://www.newsweek.com/sheriff-trump-admin-intimidating-police-ice-collaboration-2067799