The Denver Gazette laid out a familiar scene under the Gold Dome: a joint immigration resolution lit up more than three hours of floor debate in the Colorado House, then passed mostly along party lines.
This played out at the State Capitol in Denver. Democrats framed it as support for Coloradans navigating the immigration system and a condemnation of federal enforcement actions, while Republicans pushed back on costs, legality, and the politics wrapped around it.
The Bullet Point Brief
- The House debated a joint resolution for more than three hours and then passed it on a near-party-line vote.
- The resolution affirms a “commitment to Coloradans navigating the complex United States immigration system” and criticizes federal immigration enforcement actions and the Trump White House.
- Republicans objected in part to references to the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were shot by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis and had ties to Colorado.
- The article notes Colorado Democratic officials have taken steps like an online tool to report alleged misconduct by federal agents, and Denver considering barring law enforcement from wearing masks.
- Majority Leader Monica Duran accidentally voted no, then apologized after a recess and said she did not intend to vote against it.
My Bottom Line
Here is a prime example of what the Democrats under the Gold Dome do best: perform. Big speeches, big feelings, and a resolution that does not fix one damn thing for the people who actually have to live with the fallout of broken immigration policy.
The Supremacy Clause is real, and immigration is a federal issue. All the state can do is posture, pick fights, and confuse the public about who is responsible for what. If you want a real “pathway” conversation, take it to Congress. If you want to keep Coloradans safe, stop tying local hands and start cooperating like grown-ups.
Meanwhile, open a window on that glorious, marbled building within which you preen, look outside, and see the impacts of your policy. Boarded up buildings within eye-shot of the Capitol. Homelessness. Mental illness. Streets in disrepair. Filth. You can pass all the resolutions you want, but you cannot hashtag your way out of reality.
Colorado doesn’t need another sermon, it needs a solution.
Quit the virtue signaling and start doing the unglamorous work that actually lowers costs, restores order, and respects the rule of law.
Reform regulation. Repeal legislation. Shrink government. Lighten the load on the great suburban normie. Do your damn job rather than virtue signaling to your base. When will Colorado wake up?
Source: The Denver Gazette
