Leftists in the state of Colorado long have fought President Donald Trump and his efforts for America. The all-Democrat state Supreme Court justices even tried to banish him from the 2024 ballot before getting their hands slapped by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Gov. Jared Polis has schemed with state Attorney General Phil Weiser, both Democrats, to launch dozens and dozens of lawsuits against the president.
But their latest scheme has collapsed.
They were trying to “ramp up” oversight of a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center but a federal judge, Daniel Domenico, issued a preliminary injunction against them because the state likely “overstepped” its authority.
The judge said Colorado likely crossed a constitutional line with a state law by imposing new requirements specifically targeting the GEO Group’s Aurora ICE Processing Center, which operates under a federal contract and is the state’s lone ICE detention center, according to a report at Fox.
“Here, GEO has shown that it is singled out for a special bill that applies to no other facility,” Domenico wrote. “That other facilities might have some similar regulatory burdens does not change the fact that none of them are required to comply with HB 1276. As GEO notes, the extent of the additional burden is irrelevant for purposes of this test.”
🚨 A federal judge has partially blocked a Colorado law imposing new inspection requirements on the state’s only ICE detention center, ruling the law likely unlawfully singles out a federal contractor for state regulation. pic.twitter.com/vJbqMncOFh
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) August 20, 2026
A federal judge blocked parts of Colorado’s new ICE detention oversight law, noting GEO Aurora was uniquely targeted and may violate the Constitution. The injunction pauses unannounced inspections and penalties, while other provisions await rulemaking. https://t.co/5UZWdvhsYF pic.twitter.com/FtRWQ1Npen
— Drew Grimaldi (@Grimillionaire) August 21, 2026
The errant law was signed by Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat whose claim to fame is that he is a homosexual governor.
His agenda was to “expand” oversight of detention centers.
The judge pointed out, “And though Colorado argues that the law only brings GEO into compliance with existing state regulations applied to other detention facilities, that law singles out this one category of facility for a separately defined set of restrictions and rulemaking.”
That makes it, he said, discriminatory.
The state had demanded unannounced inspections, for which GEO had to pay.
Also the state wanted penalties of $50,000 for a refusal to permit an inspection.
The judge noted Colorado was imposing “unique” demands on a federal facility, both for unannounced inspections and for penalties.
The judge used the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause, that federal government actions must be free of state rules.
