The Boulder County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a new policy prohibiting county employees from providing federal immigration agents any records or information regarding residents’ citizenship status unless those authorities have a warrant.
The new direction to county staffers requires them to alert a supervisor and the County Attorney’s Office if any federal immigration agent contacts them seeking access to residents’ immigration records or any non-public areas of county buildings.
Additionally, no county employee shall inquire about the immigration status of an individual, except when required by law, per the new instruction.
The policy applies to county employee contact with agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Investigations.
It is an expansion of the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office policy of refusing to comply with ICE requests to detain jail inmates past their scheduled release dates or the point at which they post bond.
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