WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper conducted a congressional oversight visit to the Aurora ICE Detention Center in advance of tonight's deadline for the GEO Group, the private company that operates the detention center, to comply with the (https://www.cpr.org/2026/08/13/aurora-ice-center-tuberculosis-public-health-order/) Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's public health order in the aftermath of at least 12 reported (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/14/tuberculosis-outbreak-colorado-ice-jail) cases of tuberculosis (TB) at the facility.
"Despite this being an extremely contagious disease, both ICE and GEO, the private-prison...