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Immigrant Rights Resources:

Please utilize these resources and share them with your neighbors and your community

ICE SIGHTINGS: Colorado Rapid Response Network

Report ICE sightings (CORRN): (844)864-8341

Know Your Rights As an Immigrant

Resources on what your rights are as an immigrant in Colorado from CIRC

Immigrant Rights App

Download the Know Your Rights 4 Immigrants app to keep your rights on hand

Immigrant Freedom Fund

This fund can help pay bond for detainees at the Aurora ICE Detention Center

Casa De Paz

Casa de Paz helps recently released detainees get their footing again and helps reunite families separated by ICE Detention

Detention Center Locations:

Articles and documents regarding ICE detention centers

ACLU FOIA Lawsuit Findings

In July 2025 the ACLU published findings from a FOIA lawsuit, which unveiled ICE’s plans for 6 new detention centers in Colorado

Huerfano County Correctional Center
- 304 Ray Sandoval Rd, Walsenburg, CO 81089
Hudson Correctional Facility
- 3001 Juniper St, Hudson, CO 80642
Cheyenne Mountain Center
- 2925 E. Las Vegas St, Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Colorado Springs Migrant Detention Facility
- 3625 Parkmoor Village Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80917
The Baptiste Migrant Detention Facility
- 28071 State Highway 109, La Junta, CO 81050

Economic Impact:

Articles and documents highlighting the economic impact that new ICE Detention Centers could have

Banking on Bondage: Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration

Document from the ACLU regarding the financial toll on local communities when they allow private prisons to open

The Impact of Prison Opening on Employment in Rural America

Penn State thesis in criminology based on empirical study

Big Prisons, Small Towns

Prison Policy Institute publication on prison economics in small towns

Building a Prison Economy in Rural America

Prison Policy Institute publication on how prisons are sold to rural communities

Rural Communities Need More Healthcare Not More Jails

Article published by the president of the Vera Institute

Jail Breaks: Economic Development Subsidies Given to Private Prisons

This publication by Good Jobs First breaks down the ways that private prisons avoid paying full taxes through the use of PILOTs

Aligning Profit with Outcomes in Private Prison Procurement

This publication by the Cicero provides a broad overview of the history and controversy surrounding whether private prisons are beneficial

Do Private Prisons Really Save Us Money?

This report from AFGE highlights how private prisons can cause negative economic impacts on the towns where they operate.

Is ICE Coming to Your Town?

This article and video by Ellis Nelson breaks down the economics of ICE Detention infrastructure in rural communities

Human Rights Abuses:

Articles and documents highlighting the human rights abuses that occur in ICE Detention

The Truth Behind These Walls

This community accountability report prepared by the Shut Down GEO coalition provides reports from conditions inside the GEO ICE Detention Center in Aurora, CO directly from people detained in that facility

Cashing in on Cruelty: Stories of Death, Abuse, and Neglect at the GEO Immigration Detention Facility in Aurora

This publication by the ACLU focuses on the human rights abuses at the ICE Detention Center in Aurora, CO