CO SR005

Colorado Senate expresses disapproval of the federal government's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target non-citizens living peacefully in the United States

Calls on Governor Jared Polis to vocalize support for all Coloradans and build solidarity and trust with immigrant communities

Urges Colorado's U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper to co-sponsor the Neighbors Not Enemies Act in the Senate to repeal the Alien Enemies Act

Urges all eight Colorado U.S. Representatives to co-sponsor Representative Ilhan Omar's Neighbors Not Enemies Act in the House to repeal the Alien Enemies Act

References historical parallels to the WWII-era incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans, including at the Amache camp in Granada, Colorado