WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper issued the following press release:
As the GEO Group ignored (https://www.denverpost.com/2026/08/19/colorado-immigrant-detention-tuberculosis-geo-group/) the deadline to comply with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's public health order, a recent analysis (https://www.epi.org/deportation-calculator/) from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) detailed how President Trump's immigration enforcement agenda is costing Colorado taxpayers to the tune of roughly $5.4 billion. According to the analysis, the average Colorado taxpayer is contributing roughly $2,400 to the administration's mass deportation efforts.
The study did not include what the State is spending responding to t...