“What scares me most is that this is setting a precedent of the loudest, most powerful people continuing to influence our decisions, and the people who are in the most danger not being in the room.”

“I want to know what it is (Gov. Jared Polis’) administration is going to do and going to support, beyond just continued requests for more beds, building more prisons and spending more money.”

Colorado’s elected leaders have renewed their plea with the Trump administration to approve tens of millions of dollars in aid for floods and wildfires last year after the president denied the requests.

The ACLU of Colorado sued ICE multiple times last year, forcing the agency to turn over documents that revealed plans for additional detention centers in the state.

“We know we’ve done so much, and we know we have so much more to do,” a Fort Collins lawmaker said Wednesday.

The Colorado Attorney General’s Office has already received complaints about misconduct, but the new online tool will “streamline” the process of reporting such claims.